So excited to be participating in the
Bloggers' Quilt Festival: 2011! My entry is my Mama Swan. I finished this quilt last year and now have it framed behind glass proudly displayed in my house. I only started dabbling in quilting around 2009 and was really struggling. This was a great project for me, a beginner, as you didn't have to worry about points, or measuring an exact seam allowance. :) One of the fun parts about this quilt was seeing it go from a live photo to a quilt. Bonus, getting to view all the entries for the contest - so many different interpertaions!
I entered the Bernina "Stitch This" Challenge in May of 2010. The challenge was being held at
QuiltingArts.com and the prize...a
BERNINA aurora 440QE. I didn't win, but I am really really happy with my finished
Mama Swan. It is the first time I had ever done anything like this. I am still learning all the different techniques. One thing I have learned during this process, there is no wrong or right way when doing an art quilt.
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| Finished Mama Swan |
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Creating the water part of the background and tracing my photo. Applied "cut out" filter in photo shop in the photo to help identify the different values. |
The base background.
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Creating the Swan
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