Can Quilt Festivals Give You Jet Lag?
Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 9:42AM When returning from overseas travel, I found that it takes me about 5 days to recover from jet lag and feel like I am fully functional. Going to the International Quilt Festival has the same impact on me! Five days of classes, shopping, photographing amazing works of art, lunching with dear friends takes some recover time. Not to mention the overload that one feels from the mass of creative energy and ideas.
I am working on a small art quilt for a gallery exhibit. Here is a detail of some of the quilting lines.
Quilts are defined as having a top layer, middle layer (batting) and a bottom layer; all joined by stitches. This art quilt will have four layers, an additional layer of organza (that is if my experiment works out)!
I have a layer of water soluble stabilizer on the top and bottom with the organza sandwiched in between. The plan is to stitch the outlines and then cut out some areas. I'm hoping the thread will keep the organza cut outs from fraying and the stabilizer will keep the organza nice and smooth. Since the stabilizer is kind of thick, flat head pins are going to substitute for basting.
I'll let you know how my experiment goes. Any suggestions are welcome!
Houston Quilt Festival, art quilt
Reader Comments (7)
I can't wait to see the results. Just make sure your sitching is thick enough around the cut outs and it should hold.
I found that I sometimes have to stitch twice around the area where I'm going to cut away the organza. That did the trick for me. Can't wait to see the finished piece.
I am eager to see how this works out and to see the finished project.
It's beautiful, Suzan! Can't wait to see it.
Quilt overload and jet lag feel just about the same! It will be interesting to see how your organza shapes turn out!
Susan, you are so funny! My thought was "Silly Woman, you had a shorter drive than most of us!", but I totally understand the "lag" feeling when you get home after 5 days of classes, viewing quilts and uh, shopping...definate overload! I enjoyed our lunch!!! It was so good to see you!
Can't wait to see how your project turns out! Looks like fun!
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flat head pins are going to substitute for basting.