TREND-TEX CHALLENGES

 

Fabric On My Palette I wished my Trend-Tex challenge to reflect my love of quilting and passions for pictures in fabric. I used fabric paints in similar colours to the challenge fabrics to create a landscape on a canvas. Reeds were stenciled using corrugated cardboard, and embroidery floss added an accent. Little circles of yellow and pink fabric represent flowers in the landscape. The palette has squares of fabric on it, representing paint or fabric that has yet to be applied to canvas. The side and bottom border mimic the squares on the palette in a Seminole pattern, giving the piece a more quilterly look. Paintbrushes are appliquéd and tied on for dimensional effect and wool creeps out of the paint bottle. It is machine quilted with a little motif on the upper right hand side. It won First Prize at Quilt British Columbia in Kamloops in 2007!

Quilters Galaxy My first Trend-Tex Challenge in 2006. Lots of fun to make with many fuzzy bits and beads. Sold at auction at Quilt Canada 2006 in Ottawa , all funds to the Canadian Quilters Association.

Where We Are Bound Celebrating “Quilting on the Edge” in St John’s, Newfoundland. This won First Prize! Sold at auction at Quilt Canada – all funds to the Canadian Quilters Association. I wished my Trend-Tex challenge to reflect my love of quilting and passions for pictures in fabric. I used fabric paints in similar colours to the challenge fabrics to create a landscape on a canvas. Reeds were stenciled using corrugated cardboard, and embroidery floss added an accent. Little circles of yellow and pink fabric represent flowers in the landscape. The palette has squares of fabric on it, representing paint or fabric that has yet to be applied to canvas. The side and bottom border mimic the squares on the palette in a Seminole pattern, giving the piece a more quilterly look. Paintbrushes are appliquéd and tied on for dimensional effect and wool creeps out of the paint bottle. It is machine quilted with a little motif on the upper right hand side. It won First Prize at Quilt British Columbia in Kamloops in 2007!