Happy Saturday, all! For those coming from the Blogger's Quilt Festival with Amy's Creative Side, welcome! In addition to my Seeing The Forest quilt, I decided to share Snow Crab Nebula in the Art Quilt category. Gulp! For those who have seen this before, bear with me -- there are some new photos! :)This project began with my first snow dyeing experiment earlier this year. Yellow, ringed with red and then purple snow dyes turned this:
Into this:
This looked like one of those NASA images from space to me so I decided to see what I could do to accentuate it with some free motion quilting.
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I used a variety of Aurifil colours in the yellow, orange, red and purple families (#2277, 5009, 1103, 2581, 1240, 1243, 2140 to be specific) in the front and black thread in the back. I just love the sheen of the Aurifil thread against the colours of the fabric.
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| Snow Crab Nebula - Quilting Detail |
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| Snow Crab Nebula - Back |
Quilt name: Snow Crab Nebula
Measurements: 19" by 21"
Special techniques: Snow dyeing, free motion quilting, non-mitred facing
Machine quilted: Free motion quilted by me!
Entering this in the Art Quilt category for the Blogger's Quilt Festival.
Here are my entries into past Blogger's Quilt Festivals:
Thanks for stopping by! For lots more inspiration, check out the other entries in the Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amy's Creative Side -- it's always a fabulous show. Thank you, Amy, for putting all of this together!
I'm glad to see this one again! This deserved to be shared!
ReplyDeletejust fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteYou know I love this beautiful quilt, lovely to see it in the festival.
ReplyDeletelooks great! I've used that solar system fabric too recently for a circle quilt
ReplyDeleteWow! This is a really great project! The colors are amazing and I love your quilting {Aurifil really is the best, isn't it?}. Clever name, too ;).
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Truly amazing, M-R. Leaves me rather speechless with how much it really looks like a pic from space. Incredible craftsmanship with the dyeing and the quilting. Awesome entry for the Art Quilt Category.
ReplyDeleteAh-ha, another of my favourites...! I could look at your quilts all day. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi M-R,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your ribbon at OVQG for Snow Crab Nebula! Wendy Foster sent some pics to me to forward to you but I cannot find your email address anywhere! If you can email me at equehl@hotmail.com and let me know your email address I will pass them on. Tried to get the email address from your blog but it only took me to the Outlook Setup Wizard?
Thanks
Elaine
I *love* this concept, the quilting, and the colors. I just wish I could see it in person, I know there is so much lost in "translation".
ReplyDeleteOh, how I love this quilt! I'm so glad to see it in the festival too!
ReplyDeleteThis is just awesome MR. The quilting is stunning.
ReplyDeleteAnother great quilt and I think the technique is really interesting. I still haven't got around to crushing ice but one day...
ReplyDeletesuch a beautiful quilt - thanks for all the pictures. I just love the effects you got with your ice dyeing I still have not tried that, but really have to!
ReplyDeleteGlorious! I'd love to try dying and snowdying spunds so fun. Thanks for sharing you vibrant and wonderful piece! Have a great day
ReplyDeleteStunning - really love your quilting on this one!
ReplyDeleteThe dying is awesome! I love how you quilted it too. It looks exactly like some nebula :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilt. Your quilting makes this piece, giving depth and detail.
ReplyDeletebest from Tunisia,
nadia
Really wonderful! One of these days I want to try snow dying. I love your approach to this and will keep in in mind if I do.
ReplyDeleteWow!! This is amazing!! Its as though you've captured a piece of space and turned it into fabric. The quilting is brilliant too!!
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