Friday, November 19, 2010

More Embroidery.....

I traced this flower onto fabric, hand-embroidered it, then colored it in with colored pencils.

Auntie:....the edges are 3 pieces of white ribbon twisted together then zigzag stitched together x's 3 then sewn on to the quilt.....its the 'couching' method.....see this post.

oh and btw....I've had a walking foot for 2 years and have never used it 'cause I didn't get what it was supposed to do then at the quilting retreat one of the ladies noticed some of my art quilt edges were ripply and she said, ..."you should use a walking foot, then your edges will lay nice." DDDUUUHHHH! Thanks, Diane!

5 comments:

Kathleen said...

That's more like you.... happy embroidery!

Kathleen said...

love the beads.... what's on the edges?

Anonymous said...

Norning Karen, couldn't sleep anymore so I got up and will do some of those things that I was worried about geting done. Always fun to see what you are up to. Love, Mom

Kathleen said...

Tools are great... other quilters showing you how to use them, even better.

deena said...

hi karen! that is so pretty! and i have some questions, since i'm new to quilting :) 1. regular colored pencils, or special fabric ones? 2. where do you have your stuff quilted?