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 Quilt Week Branson - Part II

 

Laura Heine's Guitar Collage Quilt

It's no secret to close friends and family that one of my favorite quilters of all-time is collage quilter, Laura Heine. In my opinion, she has absolutely revolutionized the world of quilting with her collage techniques.  When I found out she was offering workshops at the AQS Quilt Week Branson, I knew I had to take her course.  My friend, Elizabeth and I registered first thing in the morning when registration became available for her Guitar Collage Quilt workshop.

We took her all-day workshop last week and absolutely, positively loved it.  Laura is a very hands-on instructor.  She explained her processes and gave additional tips for success in making her style of quilts, along with information about why something works (and why it doesn't, as the case may be.)  

Laura explaining her process of collage quilting.

 

My kit for the workshop.

 

Laying out fabric in a pleasing combination.

Me - sorting out fabrics for my quilt.

During the workshop, Laura showed us several of her other quilts, like:

Hummingbird Collage Quilt (Laura Heine)

 

Rosie Bear Collage Quilt (Laura Heine)

A Merry Little Christmas Collage Quilt (Laura Heine)

Crystal Ball Collage Quilt (Laura Heine)

Bouquet, Mosaic and Statement Vases Quilts (Laura Heine)

Dee-Ceased Quilt (Laura Heine)

Unicorn Quilt (Laura Heine)

We didn't finish our quilts in class, but here we are with our quilts in process:

Elizabeth, Barbara and I with our Guitar quilts (in process.)

 

Me with Laura Heine!!! :)

Me and my friend, Elizabeth with the wonderful Laura Heine!

 One thing is for certain - we had an ABSOLUTE BLAST taking Laura Heine's workshop.  We would do so again in a heartbeat.

After I arrived home from Branson, I completed the top of my Guitar Collage quilt.  This weekend, I'm planning to assemble and complete it.  I'll share photos of it here after it's done.

In the meantime, please come back and join me for the next installment of AQS Quilt Week Branson where I will share photos from around the show, including the quilts.

Until next time,