{"id":24464,"date":"2014-08-20T05:48:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=24464"},"modified":"2016-08-23T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T01:30:08","slug":"finished-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/finished-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished: See"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally!<\/p>\n

\"Finished:<\/a>
Finished: See<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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).<\/p>\n

Please do look at the quilting, because it was a pain to do and I am pretty proud of it.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The piece includes Machine quilting, fusible Applique\u2019 with satin stitching, and reverse machine applique\u2019. 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.<\/p>\n

\"Finished:<\/a>
Finished: See – back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

This piece is based on a Chinese character, the character for our word \u201cSee\u201d. 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.<\/p>\n

This has more significance than just a finish, because it means I can cross it off my UFO list<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

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