Inspired by scenes on our October 2017 road trip from Christchurch to Edendale, mostly travelling along State Highway 8 (after first travelling through Geraldine), I drew up some sketches with a plan to create a series of little art quilts.
I had just attended the 2017 NZ Quilt Symposium and was very motivated by the various classes I took; I could see potential art-quilt or abstract quilts in every landscape.
Lake Tekapo is a beautiful sight in October - gorgeous deep blue water, reflecting the Spring sky, surrounded by mid-Canterbury-brown hills with snow still covering the tops. I can't find the photo I took when I made my husband stop by the side of the road but this photo is similar to what we saw...
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A bit closer up: I used three blue shades of machine embroidery threads to
stitch in the water, and white thread for the snow. |
The motivation to actually make the quilts came in January, from one of my Symposium tutors,
Brenda Gael Smith, who is running a
Monthly Art Project challenge via Facebook - so I signed up.
My plan: to create small quilts, about 8-9' square in size, using a mixture of piecing, applique, quilting and embellishments.
I really didn't know just what I wanted to do for finishing it off...I considered facing it, and then saw a
tutorial for a perle cord thread finish, but have no perle cord to do it with. So I decided to try a serged/overcast edging. Not sure I like it really. I think I might make sure to get some perle cord and then I can try it out, as I do think it looks smart when done like that.
Sharing with my quilting friends at
Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday and
Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday linky parties. Hi everyone!!
