Now it is not a village, but a city. I made high rise buildings and billboards instead of quaint houses and cobbled lanes.
The rest is done in the technique taught by Karen Eckmeier. Get her book and enjoy cutting up scraps, building a landscape, covering with tulle and then machine quilting.
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This is fantastic, Carin! I love it. The drawing is NOT cheating. It's part of the artwork!
Very nice! I'm sure your friend is very pleased with your gift.
What a darling quilt! I just love landscapes and art quilts. This is fabulous. I imagine your friend must love it!
No such a thing as cheating. It is a charming sea-side town, I think I have been there.
Oh, THANK YOU, Debbie! Trying to keep small pieces for windows still under the tulle would have been hard.
They were! I added some text, signs and business names related to them. I also used some kanji 'out of my head' and was asked 'what does this mean?' It was fun to play with Japanese that does not exist!
They did love it, and I have got ideas for making other Happy Village quilts (= more UFOs?)
You have, have you?! I made some signs out of kanji combinations that does not exist, and my friends had a great time trying to read them. I just wish I had added Mt Fuji or Tokyo Tower or something. Now it is a place that only you know where it is!
Love your quilt. Your friend must be delighted with it. Very clever
Actually, Hilary, this is a perfect way of using up smaller pieces from your stash. Cut them up and make any mosaic picture on top of wadding (first place the fabric for the back right side down, then wadding, then the small scraps). Place tulle on top and machine quilt. Easy peasy!
Very good Idea to use mixmedias for the town.You med such a great town for your friend.Very indpiring too.Wish you a nice new week.
Such a lovely quilt. And writing with a pen is not cheating, it's mixed media :-) Love how you used the selvages!
Fabulous creation! Making it pertinent and personal is a great idea.
Great quilt Carin, and drawing on features is not cheating. I did a series of house/building pictures myself that I really enjoyed and it looks like you had lots of fun with this.
Thank you Ulla.
This was such a fun way to make a quilt, and the machine quilting made it fast.
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Det var första gången för mig att sy ett litet täcke med den här tekniken, och det var både roligt och lätt. Tyllen döljer alla ojämna kviltstygn!
I love how closely you look at others' work - you noticed the use of selvages. Yes, I thought them made excellent signboards and the colour samples make great neon signs.
Thank you. This is a great way to become a city planner!
I did have lots of fun - and will enjoy making more. I regret that I did not add Mr Fuji or some landmark. It would be easy to make a series of Cities of the world with features from each place, Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, Stockholm Town Hall...
A fun quilt for sure and a really wonderful gift!
Thank you, Jan.ie. I just got a mail from my friends and they say the just love looking at the quilt, so I am very pleased
Perfekt.Ha det så bra önskar en nybliven farmor till en liten gosse som föddes inatt.
Å, vad roligt! Stort grattis!
A beautiful and inspiring quilt - so well done and a lovely gift.
It was fun to make, but made in haste, I don't know about 'done well'!
This is a lovely quilt, I like how all the diffferent colours come together to make the buildings it gives the quilt lots of interest. Your friend will be very pleased with lt.
Some of the pieces were left from the kit I used at the workshop at FOQ in Birmingham. Among them were pink and mint green. How can you use them for houses? was my first thought, but it worked well, and as you say give the quilt a lot of interest.
I easily see I'm not the only one who thinks your quilt is fabulous. I recognized the selvedges as I have some myself. Great idea to use them as you have.
Why is the backing laid right side down? Is that so you fold the edges over as binding?
I have often seen selvedges used in ATCs and thought they would make good signs in the cityscape.
Why the backing is laid right side down? Isn't it always when you stack a quilt before basting? Backing right side down, then wadding on top, then the piece or appliquéd top, right side up. In the Happy Village quilt technique, you build up the picture right on top of the wadding, fix the pieces with a dollop of glue (or you can spray glue on the wadding) then cover all with tulle and start machine quilting.
The binding on this quilt is made up of four straight strips of checked fabric.
A great quilt Carin. I wouldn't worry about drawing in features this has been done on fabric since medieval times.
Your city is amazing! I love all the details that you included. I'm showing Yuma-kun tonight!
What a happy village! I want to go there!
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