Finally!
After YEARS, this piece is finished. I am pretty pleased with it. I think it looks good and I did a good job on the quilting (click on the photo to see the quilting close up).
Please do look at the quilting, because it was a pain to do and I am pretty proud of it.
As you may already know, I started this piece in a class with David Walker, held in Capitola, in 2003. I can’t remember who sponsored the class. I want to say a shop, but I am not sure that is right.
The piece includes Machine quilting, fusible Applique’ with satin stitching, and reverse machine applique’. This is one of the few art quilts where I have not added beading or hand embroidery with Perl cotton. I just didn’t think the piece need it even though I had planned on doing both.
I was pretty proud of how you could see the quilting so well on the back, but after facing and labeling, there isn’t much to see.
I actually sewed the label on by hand, which I don’t like to do, but really had no other choice. The piece didn’tlend itself to including the label into the back.
This piece is based on a Chinese character, the character for our word “See”. I made it as a reminder to really look at things, not just glance at them, snap a picture and move on. It is an ongoing process for me to really look and see things.
This has more significance than just a finish, because it means I can cross it off my UFO list. When I do that, it will mean that I am one step closer to having only current projects, albeit a lot of them, but current projects only.
Previous Posts
- August 5, 2014 – See Drama
- July 27, 2014 – More Progress on See
- July 22, 2014 – See Progress
- April 16, 2014 – See – Details
- April 13, 2014 – See
- April 13, 2014 – See – Faster Than I Thought
Congratulations! Such a great feeling to finish a project that has been a long time in the making.
Thanks! I am happy to cross something else off my list.
This piece is really nice and you can tell there was a lot of thought put into each component. The quilting is FABULOUS, by the way. 😉
Congratulations on crossing this off your list.
David Walker really forced us to think in that class! I am glad the work shows. Thanks, as usual, for reading.
I really love this piece! I clicked to see the quilting, but it becomes blurry when enlarged so much… Congrats on the finish!!
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Hhmm. I’ll try and take a different picture with more detail.
Congrats! It’s lovely. I did click on the photo but couldn’t get a good look at the quilting.
Hope to see you one of these days!