While looking at Rina's wedding quilt, which is residing at our house at the moment, I was struck by how nicely the centerpiece of the quilt "worked" for a pulpit hanging.
Suddenly I had the urge to recreate the montage of flame fabrics that Kathy B and I did back in 2002. I had the pattern pieces made back then for the chalice and the flame, so the rest was easy. The flame fabrics are mainly batiks with a few non-batiks and some dupioni silks. I used med-weight fusible interfacing as a stabilizer & Wonder Under to adhere the pieces to the background fabric & satin stitched them. The stitching's not the glorious work on the original chalice, as my Bernina doesn't hold a candle to Kathy's Pfaff for that kind of work. The border fabric, a hand-loomed cotton, I purchased in November from a delightful vendor in Jerusalem's old city . As you see it, the work still needs to be basted, quilted, trimmed in size & bound. I've toyed with the idea of doing some beading first -- what do you think? Since our basting pins are currently in Ballard (!) I have some time for your feedback. Jackie
I think this will be bee-yootiful on the pulpit. I think, though, for the amount of effort it will take to bead, it's perhaps not worth the time since people sitting out in the sanctuary won't see it. Can't wait to see the finished product!
ReplyDeleteJackie logging back in to say that this afternoon I quilted most of the pulpit piece. Started out with a variegated green-to-yellow thread, but decided I didn't like it so I picked most of it out and re-sewed it with a mid-tone green with some lovely purple in the chalice. I'm setting a goal of having it done next week, cuz otherwise it'll go the way of the Japanese coat.
ReplyDeleteI spent HOURS trying to make sense of the sewing/craft room this week -- at least a day and a half. You wouldn't really know it to look at the joint, sadly. I have a LOAD of pieces to deal with. Into a bin perhaps?