Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Finished Sequoia

I continued working on the sequoia tree and finished it up yesterday.
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This is the picture that I took and worked from.
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I tweaked it on the computer to lighten it up some …
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 … and then changed it to “antique” or “sepia” to print it onto fabric that I had ironed to freezer paper.

Click here to see the quilt before I started with the quilting and thread painting.

Detail
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Back
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Label
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This small quilt only measures 8” X 10 1/2” and is made from cotton fabric and 80/20 batting. I used Superior’s King Tut thread for the quilting and thread painting and finished the back with “fast finished triangles” for mounting.
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Linking to Thursday Threads

24 comments:

Heather said...

Great use of perspective. so very effective. Similar idea of what I want to do with one of my son's photos. Thanks for sharing this, it is very encouraging.

Carol said...

What an amazing quilt! Is the dark center tree applique or just from the printer?

Anonymous said...

The quilting and thread work are very effective!

Kristy @ Quiet Play said...

Just beautiful!

Queenie Believe said...

This is a powerful image and wonderful quilt. Congratulations on a beautiful piece.
Have a great day.
Always, Queenie

AmandaK@whatthebobbin said...

I love this! The thread painting is fantastic.

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

So beautiful! We have visited the redwood groves in California twice recently, and I wondered if I could quilt a picture like this, but I haven't done it. Yours is wonderful!

Siouxzq64@gmail.com said...

What a wonderful quilt, and such a great technique. I think you captured it so well with the sun coming through the needles, the perspective of the height!

Kimberly Paradiso said...

WOW! "That's so cool I love it", my 11 year old says while sitting next to me...and I agree! The stitching, everything, is amazing!

Gayla said...

Love, love, love this! I think the quilt is more beautiful than the picture itself!

Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation said...

Oh MY! Your thread painting is so fantastic! It is amazing that you were able to capture the photo so closely!

Thank you so much for sharing at Needle and Thread Thursday!

:) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

Anonymous said...

Good job!

Vera said...

That's great! I never saw such technique and I love your little quilt!

Nina Marie said...

ohhhh great finish! I love the texture you added to the interesting perspective of this quilt

audrey said...

WOW! This is amazing! It looks just like the picture!

Lynette said...

Wow, Julia! What a fantastic mini - you make me want to run downstairs and try such a study. :D Very nice to see you at TGIFF with this.

Michelle@factotum-of-arts.com said...

An amazing job...beautiful finish.

Emily said...

What an interesting technique and a wonderful finish! It's very striking.

Mina said...

Oh, this is so pretty :)

Mareenchen said...

Wow. This is art. Great quilting and a great angle, too.

JHNickodemus said...

Wow! Stunning!

Cathy Perlmutter said...

Back and front are totally great! You should hang it in the middle of a room!

Sandy said...

So amazing what you do with fabric and thread!!

Renee said...

This quilt is gorgeous! Love the idea and the execution, what a wonder mini to hang on the wall!

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