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Monday 28 January 2019

Journal quilts 2019, January, Brexit 1

A new year, a new stitching challenge. A4 size, four quits to be made with a sewing technique, four to be made with fabrics other than just cotton, four to be made using a different technique to make a background. The first sewing technique was an opportunity to re-visit appliqué of bias strips, something I have not done for years.
Initial sketch
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In development, tea-dyed Union Jack fabric, and very useful, very short appliqué pins. Bias strips ( 1/4 inch) made using a bias strip maker, not essential, but saves burnt fingers.
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Sewing down the strips, background is a piece of blue satin from my recent pantomime costume-making. Strangely appropriate for this piece.
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Finished and quilted with FMQ, bound with satin stitch.
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Does this look like my initial sketch? Mostly yes, but I made these changes
  • the twisted chain was too complex in a piece of this size and with this width of strips. It would work on a larger scale
  • the strip representing the UK went off the piece to the left in the initial sketch. With everything that is happening in the UK, it was a better representation that it went off to the far right
  • final piece of the UK strip is tattered and fractured, linked together by a thin thread
  • FMQ on the left is swirling and co-operative, FMQ on the right, where the UK strip is heading,  is a maze of never connecting boxes
  • FMQ in the centre is dense and closely connected