{"id":37577,"date":"2017-08-15T06:56:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T13:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=37577"},"modified":"2017-08-11T16:37:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T23:37:05","slug":"art-quilt-applique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/art-quilt-applique\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Quilt: Applique’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Down<\/a>
Down the Drain: River of Sorrow complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You saw the other day<\/a> that I had finished the first layer, or perhaps it was the second layer?<\/p>\n

I really kind of liked this look despite the slightly depressing\u00a0 look, but I was on a mission.<\/p>\n

I used a satin stitch, but not a dense one stitch down the River. In some cases I will straight stitch first, but I didn’t in this case. I try to keep track of the settings so I can use the same density again. I often start with the density I used to sew on Merit Badges<\/a> and then adjust from there. Despite the siren call of temptation, I always test the density before I sew on the actual piece. Have you every tried to rip out a satin stitch. It is doable, but I don’t find it to be fun.<\/p>\n

After applique’ing down the River shape, I moved on to the broken hearts.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/a>
Art Quilt: with hearts in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After making some hearts some time ago I have a trick, so I used it to make the heart shape then cut into them with very sharp scissors (should have used my Karen Kay Buckley scissors) and made the broken part. I put fusible on the back of the hearts and pressed them down. I use Soft Fuse. I have used other products, but that is my current favorite.<\/p>\n

I had to play around with the placement of the hearts. I wanted them on the background, not on the borders or covering the River. Once they were placed where I wanted them I satin stitched them down and added the tears. I think tears coming off of a heart is powerful imagery.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/a>
Art Quilt: Signs in process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The signs took a lot longer. I needed to add sticks and get the placement right, trim the shapes and write the messages.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why I wanted these Easter Egg colors, but they seemed right. I didn’t even have to hunt for them as they magically appeared in a convenient stack of fabric.<\/p>\n

Weird.<\/p>\n

I fused the sticks, then found they didn’t show up very well, so I stitch around them to highlight them. I still don’t think they show up as much as I wanted, but I am okay with the look.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/a>
Art Quilt: Top finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is very much a quilt where you get one view from afar and need to come closer to get a more detailed view.<\/p>\n

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Posts about Down the Drain<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. I Have a Secret<\/a> \u2013 8\/6\/2017<\/li>\n
  2. Art Quilt Start: Background<\/a> \u2013 8\/8\/2017<\/li>\n
  3. Art Quilt: River of Sorrow<\/a> – 8\/10\/2017<\/li>\n
  4. Art Quilt: Border 1<\/a> – 8\/13\/2017<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    You saw the other day that I had finished the first layer, or perhaps it was the second layer? I really kind of liked this look despite the slightly depressing\u00a0 look, but I was on a mission. I used a satin stitch, but not a dense one stitch down the River. In some cases I … Continue reading “Art Quilt: Applique’”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[3,149,444],"class_list":["post-37577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-applique","tag-art-quilts","tag-down-the-drain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}