Showing posts with label Gloria Loughman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gloria Loughman. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

“Only a Lily” – New Quilt From an Old Favorite


This year the traditional block that our quilt was to represent was the “Carolina Lily.”

I was stunned when I received a call recently that my quilt “Only a Lily” had won 1st place. And then I got all giddy and had to call some family and friends and share my good news.

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When my sister, Emily, started making some quilts using Gloria Loughman’s technique from her book “Radiant Landscapes,” I loved the effect.
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So, I bought a book too and studied it and decided to make a ‘lily’ quilt to practice for my entry. 
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I was pleased with how “Lily” turned out and decided to use the technique for my entry.
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So, I found a piece of fabric that I thought would work good for the background …
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… and I cut red and green squares of 2 other pieces of fabric. I traced off a motif of the traditional Carolina Lily pattern onto the squares … 
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… and cut them out.
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When Emily saw my little bits of scraps left over she decided to make another small art quilt using them in the sky of her “Setting Sage” quilt.
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I thought it marvelous and decided to change my background to the same yellow that she had chosen. But alas, it didn’t have the same effect that hers did.
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So I went back to my original choice of background fabric and I loved what I saw.
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Here, I have added a black border with slight curves.
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Then I cut out ‘lily’ parts and laid them on the background. Deciding which lily I liked best was a hard choice.
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When all the fusing was finished I was ready to quilt.
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And after the quilting was finished the quilt wanted to wobble, ripple, and pucker up.
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But that didn’t cause me too much worry as it all flattened out when I blocked it with lots of water.
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And then I added the piping and binding and blocked it again.

Only a Lily
56 1/2” X 56 1/2”
“I am only … a  [humble] lily of the valleys [that grows in deep and difficult places]. … Like the lily among thorns, so are you …” –Song of Solomon 2:1, 2 (Amplified)

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Detail
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Don’t forget to enter my fabric giveaway HERE.

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