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My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic
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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:
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| 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:
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| My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic |
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| My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic |
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| My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic |
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| My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic |
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| My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic |
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| My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic |
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| My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic |
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| 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.
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| The back of my guitar collage quilt |
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My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic of the Back
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| 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?
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The quilt tag. Appliqued name and flowers. Hand-drawn and colored guitar.
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My friend, Elizabeth and I showed our quilts at our quilt guild meeting last night.
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Showing off our Guitar quilts at last night's guild meeting.
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This was great fun and I'm looking forward to making more collage quilts in the near future.
Until next time,
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