Guitar Collage Quilt - It's Completed!

 

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

Recently, I told you about my experience taking a Guitar Collage quilt workshop with Laura Heine in Branson. Missouri at the AQS Quilt Week.  Well, the quilt is completed and I absolutely love it.  I'm seriously hooked on this type of quilting.

Here's the completed quilt:

My Completed Guitar Collage Quilt 

I found there was a small learning curve in making this type of quilt.  I've made several landscape/art/pictorial quilts in the past, however, this one was different because it is very, very stiff. (Think cardboard.)  I channel-quilted the quilt, which is something Laura suggested.  This is to ensure that the little bits and pieces of fabric used in the collage are securely attached.  I used my smaller machine to quilt this, and it was a bit of a struggle forcing it to stay straight during the final quilting.  (You can see the curved lines in the detail pictures.  Oh, well...Finished is better than perfect, right?)  The next time I make one of these quilts, I will use my quilting machine with the larger throat.  In any case, I love the final outcome.

I used variegated thread during quilting to add extra interest to the design.

Some detail pictures:

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

 I selected a colorful batik for the back of my quilt and a dark pink batik for the binding.

The back of my guitar collage quilt  

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic of the Back

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic of the Back

 And, last. but certainly not least, the quilt tag.  The guitar was drawn and colored with crayons and heat set with a hot iron.  I appliqued my name and the little flowers onto the tag.  I think it's a lovely complement to the boho vibe of the quilt, don't you think?

The quilt tag. Appliqued name and flowers. Hand-drawn and colored guitar.

My friend, Elizabeth and I showed our quilts at our quilt guild meeting last night.

Showing off our Guitar quilts at last night's guild meeting.

This was great fun and I'm looking forward to making more collage quilts in the near future.

Until next time,

AQS Branson Quilt Week - Part V - Quilts

"The Happy Flower" by Michele Rouse, House Springs, Missouri - Detail Pic

 

As promised, this post highlights just several of the quilts on display at the AQS Branson Quilt Week, 2023.   Enjoy!

 

"The Happy Flower" by Michele Rouse, House Springs, Missouri 

 

"Selvage Pie" by Mayleen Vinson, Haysville, Kansas  (Yes, the quilt is made from fabric selvages.)

"Selvage Pie" by Mayleen Vinson, Haysville, Kansas - Detail Pic

"Renew, Anew" by Elizabeth K. Ray, Bentonville, Arkansas (A local Arkansan and a co-member of my local quilt guilds here in NWA. :) )

"A Peak Through a Kaleidoscope" by Penny Boese, Chandler, Arizona 

"A Peak Through a Kaleidoscope" by Penny Boese, Chandler, Arizona - Detail Pic

"Granny Squares Reimagined" by Eileen Diercks, Plainfield, Illinois

"Granny Squares Reimagined" by Eileen Diercks, Plainfield, Illinois - Detail Pic

"Strange Attractor #8" by Niraja Lorenz

"My Lucky Stars" by Jill Isakson & Linda Neal, McKinney, Texas

"My Lucky Stars" by Jill Isakson & Linda Neal, McKinney, Texas - Detail Pic

"I Like it Hot" by Brenda Miller, Athens, Alabama

"Emergence" by Cassandra Ireland Beaver, Urbana, Ohio

"Correspondence with Hope" by Judith Quinn Garnett

"Correspondence with Hope" by Judith Quinn Garnett - Detail Pic

"Heat Index" by Sue Reno

"Heat Index" by Sue Reno - Detail Pic

"Vertige/Vertigo" by Anne Bellas

"Vertige/Vertigo" by Anne Bellas - Detail Pic

"Lucy Comes to Texas" by Melinda Stanton, Silsbee, Texas

"Harvest Moon" by Shin-hee Chin

"Harvest Moon" by Shin-hee Chin - Detail Pic

"Titanic, Year of the Children, Quilt"

"Titanic, Year of the Children, Quilt" - Passenger Master Edmond Navratil - Detail Pic

"Titanic, Year of the Children, Quilt" - Names of Children on Board - Detail Pic

There were so many amazing quilts on display at the show that it is not feasible to share all of them here.  I hope you enjoyed the ones I have shared over the past few posts.  

My next post in this series will wrap up the AQS Branson Quilt Week 2023.  I hope you will join me here.

Until next time,

AQS Branson Quilt Week - Part IV - Quilts

 

"Watching the Puppy" by Lise Belanger, Quebec, Canada

As promised and without further ado, here are photos of some of the quilts from the AQS Branson Quilt Week show.  Enjoy!

"Watching the Puppy" by Lise Belanger, Quebec, Canada - Detail Pic

"Watching the Puppy" by Lise Belanger, Quebec, Canada - Detail Pic

 

"An Enchanted Reverie" by Sindhu Aragam, Haryana, India

 

"An Enchanted Reverie" by Sindhu Aragam, Haryana, India - Detail Pic

 

"Sir Paul" by Maria Macheca, St. Louis, Missouri

 

"Sir Paul" by Maria Macheca, St. Louis, Missouri - Detail Pic

 

"Sir Paul" by Maria Macheca, St. Louis, Missouri - Detail Pic

"Austin Nights: A Symphony of  Sound and Light Waves" by Nancy Baldwin Woods, Colorado, USA

"Austin Nights: A Symphony of  Sound and Light Waves" by Nancy Baldwin Woods, Colorado, USA - Detail Pic

"Grandfather" by Harry Fox, Potomac, Maryland

"Grandfather" by Harry Fox, Potomac, Maryland - Detail Pic

"Grandfather" by Harry Fox, Potomac, Maryland - Detail Pic

"Honor, Dignity and Wrath" by Amy Cavaness, Georgetown, Texas

"Honor, Dignity and Wrath" by Amy Cavaness, Georgetown, Texas - Detail Pic

"La Catrina" by Cindy Stohn, Chandler, Arizona

"La Catrina" by Cindy Stohn, Chandler, Arizona - Detail Pic

"La Catrina" by Cindy Stohn, Chandler, Arizona - Detail Pic

"Parking in Venice" by Ulla Andreasson, Venezia, Italy

"Parking in Venice" by Ulla Andreasson, Venezia, Italy - Detail Pic

"Desert in Spring" by Andrea Brokenshire, Round Rock, Texas

"Desert in Spring" by Andrea Brokenshire, Round Rock, Texas - Detail Pic

"Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh" by Kathy Bryant-Williams, Oakland, Tennessee

"Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh" by Kathy Bryant-Williams, Oakland, Tennessee - Detail Pic

"Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh" by Kathy Bryant-Williams, Oakland, Tennessee - Detail Pic

There are more pictures of beautiful quilts from AQS Branson Quilt Week coming up on my next post.  Please be sure to follow me so you don't miss a thing.

See you then!