And although the weather was absolutely gorgeous over the weekend I managed to finished my first wall hanging 'Dreams of Summer' and it is already hanging on the wall in my front room.
As already mentioned in my earlier post about it, this piece is most definitely inspired by the Gee's Bend quilts. It is cut and pieced without the use of rulers or rotary cutters expect when it came to squaring up the quilt. The solids are an assortment of Kona and Freespirit Designer solids and some remnants whose origin I can't really place.
One of the things I particularly love about the quilt is that it has no visible binding. The binding is folded and hand stitched to the back for which I used Victoria Gertenbach's excellent tutorial.
To hang the quilt I made a sleeve as it is about 32 inches long. For smaller pieces I would have used triangles in the corner.
And it is hung with a dowel and some eye screws pretty much in the same way as explained by simplyrobin.
You know for somebody who has never been fond of quilt wall hangings, I am actually really pleased with this. It turned out really lovely and makes for a great piece of decorative "art".
what a wonderful bright statement x LOVE it x
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Love it.
ReplyDeleteI love your wall art - so bright and spring like!
ReplyDeleteoh I like this alot! And the faced binding is a nice touch - I just did one of those on my City Sampler, and on some pieces I think it is a perfect finish!
ReplyDeleteLove this Judith - it has a very organic feel
ReplyDeletelovely ! definitely a work of art!
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