{"id":388,"date":"2012-07-08T22:24:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T22:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/?p=388"},"modified":"2012-12-21T17:07:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T17:07:12","slug":"what-have-we-wrought-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/?p=388","title":{"rendered":"What have we wrought here?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While producing the book, Choosing Quilting Designs<\/em>–one of the volumes of the Rodale’s Successful Quilting Library Series, I really got jazzed fleshing out unexpected sources of inspiration as suggested by Elsie Campbell in the chapter, “Great Inspirations.” Since then, I have frequently snapped architectural details with an eye toward how I might find good candidates for quilting. Here are some elegant ones, all in wrought iron, from my trip to Brussels, Belgium earlier this year:<\/p>\n

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My hubby and our friends walked the Art Nouveau neighborhoods, and I could hardly stop snapping:<\/p>\n

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But here’s my all-time favorite design:<\/p>\n

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That window design was the one that inspired my latest piece of wearable art. As I was designing for summer, it unfurls itself as free-motion stitchery and applique rather than quilting. I used it to embellish–and rescue–a sort of kimono top that I got at Loehmann’s decades ago. It came with a skirt that no longer fits–go figure! (Cuz my figure has already gone!).<\/p>\n

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Oh so blah!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Click on this to enlarge for an embarrassing bootie call!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Traced the blown-up window image onto Sulky Solvey.<\/p><\/div>\n

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So now I had a pattern to follow, and a stabilizer. Once the lines were free-motion stitched with a heavy thread–like King Tut, the kimono was rinsed, and the Sulky Solvey dissolved.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Next, I added circle and leaf shapes: pulling from my black and white fabrics, with Wonder-Under to fuse, a lighter-weight thread to outline and secure.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Doncha like the modesty panel I added to the bottom–to cover my bottom? Also lengthened the sleeves–cuz what’s the good of a short-sleeve jacket, anyway?<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’d like to hear more about Choosing Quilting Designs<\/strong><\/em>, learn about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wanna bring a fun program to your quilt guild? I’ve got lots of wearable art pieces that fit a multitude of body shapes, so YOU get to be the runway models for Quilt Wearabouts: Strut Your Stuff<\/strong><\/a>. Tons of inspiration and laughs! Add a Show ‘n Tell where guild members bring their wearables–tote bags and purses, too.\u00a0 Just click on the colored text above, and I’ll take you there (so to speak).<\/p>\n

Comments always welcome!! No gobblety-gook to type in to prove you’re not a robot! Tell me what you think! Tell me what unlikely sources of inspiration rock your quilting designs!<\/p>\n

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