Monday, August 24, 2015

12th finish for 2015 - Delivered and Blimps

The quilt has been delivered to the venue. Whew! I worked on it up until the last minute. Friday and Saturday I stitched and stitched. This piece was improve pieced using rock/metal t-shirts. I first machine quilted it and then spent about 100 hours hand embroidering it.
Here is the photographer's photo. The quilt turned out 70" x 70". I think I will make this my header picture. Opening night is September 5. I met another artist with a quilt at the photo shoot. We talked and talked! We exchanged info and hopefully we can get together to talk more.

Here are the shirts I did outlining on this past weekend.

Then I did the emblishments including some crosses I found at a craft store, patches, and guitar pics.


The blimps were out and about on Friday. They were flying around the jobsite where I work for about a half hour.

Now I need to regroup and figure out what the next project will be.
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12 comments:

  1. BrendaAugust 24, 2015 at 10:20 AM

    Congrats on the finish!

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  2. Vicki WAugust 24, 2015 at 10:40 AM

    Congratulations! All that hand stitching really paid off. Where will this quilt go after the exhibit? Will you keep this one?

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  3. Judy@Quilt ParadigmAugust 24, 2015 at 10:58 AM

    Patty it looks fabulous! I would love to see this one in person! Congrats on a great finish!

    Cannot wait to see what you start working on next!

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  4. PauletteAugust 24, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    Wow, Patty, your quilt is fantastic! I love the additions of the picks, etc. (how'd you do that, anyway?). Your own magnum opus!

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  5. LisaAugust 25, 2015 at 7:41 AM

    awesome work, as always!!!

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  6. Glen QuiltSwissyAugust 25, 2015 at 1:48 PM

    LOL. the blimps were just checking on you! Seems like they really were interested in this finish!

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  7. AnnSeptember 29, 2015 at 3:43 PM

    Wow, Patty. I love your machine embroidery on the different blocks. It add a nice touch without overpowering (or being overpowered by) the black. And the picks are a fabulous addition. I assume you added them with embroidery, too, kind of like Indian mirrors. Great job. Thanks for linking up with AHIQ.

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  8. JanieSeptember 29, 2015 at 3:52 PM

    Great work, I like your 'voice.'

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  9. Lisa J.September 29, 2015 at 6:14 PM

    Wow from me too. The hand quilting is awesome.

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  10. KajaSeptember 30, 2015 at 4:03 AM

    Wow - this is great. I have two large sons who would leap on it in a moment. I especially like the way you use embroidery on the quilt. Thanks for sharing it at AHIQ.

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  11. audreySeptember 30, 2015 at 1:25 PM

    This is the best t-shirt quilt I have ever seen! My daughter would be in love with it.:) Great work especially on the details!

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  12. Lara B.September 30, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    Patty, that is one of the coolest t-shirt quilts I've ever seen. Love the close up details you added.

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