Quilt Sold for $70,000
11-20-2010, 12:59 AM
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[quote=wvdek] What type of thread or threads did you use? In your Blog, you had mentioned DMC. I imagine you used DMC embroidery floss and DMC Pearl Cotton. Wonder how many skeins you went through.
Did you have a embroidery/needlepoint 'bible' handy to help with the stitches? Which ones/s?
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Ok...I used DOROTHY BOND'S 'CRAZY QUILT STITCHES' for border inspiration. I was given another book, 'TREASURY OF CRAZY QUILT STITCHES' by CAROLE SAMPLES, which would have been great at the time! Gorgeous! Amazing. I used some of them on my crazy carpet bag.
An all time favourite book for everything is NEEDLEWORK BY THÉRÈSE DE DILLMONT, now online at
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20776...LE_OF_CONTENTS
This is the one (of two) to take when you get shipwrecked or have to run from a burning house (something we worry about here in the hills). You will find a couple of things taken straight from its pages. The other is 'SAMPLERS & STITCHES' by MRS ARCHIBALD CHRISTIE. I love that book even more, I think.
As for threads...! I bought every thread possible! But I found that, by the end of it all, I was using mostly DMC stranded (which was easily available and I had them all for cross stitching).
I like to blend myself. For example, with the fern. I used 2 strands. Firstly 2 strands of shade A, next, 1 x shade A with 1 x shade B, then 2 x shade B... and so on. It's simple and effective. You can run a thrid shade with it. Say you used the grades of green, but had a gold going too, dark to bright? Or copper to gold? The mind boggles with possiblilites!
It would be interesting to know how much thread went into this quilt. More interesting to see how much I bought and still have! And still buy!
On each of the nine patches, I wanted both intricate and fine work, and coarser, bolder stitching. Perle is gorgeous stuff. So, it's just an elaborate excuse to buy thread and exotic fabrics.
The main thing is, Rather than make a dozen things in a hurry, I thought I'd do it all on that quilt. It was meant to be much, much simpler too! It's a big sampler and I like to try new things.
As for being a quilt... it has four layers. The surface that you see is sewn onto torn up sheeting (blocks). The individual blocks are sewn onto a large sheet as well, so the weight is distributed over it all. Some motifs go through these layers, for strength. Actually I couldn't wait to put it together. Then a lining on the back that would hang loose excepting I've done ties all the way through, right across the whole.
But I know what you mean about it not being a quilt, even though it is! I get it. Crazy is part of the tradition though, don't forget.
Anyway, it doesn't matter. It's all good fun. The funnest.
Did you have a embroidery/needlepoint 'bible' handy to help with the stitches? Which ones/s?
quote]
Ok...I used DOROTHY BOND'S 'CRAZY QUILT STITCHES' for border inspiration. I was given another book, 'TREASURY OF CRAZY QUILT STITCHES' by CAROLE SAMPLES, which would have been great at the time! Gorgeous! Amazing. I used some of them on my crazy carpet bag.
An all time favourite book for everything is NEEDLEWORK BY THÉRÈSE DE DILLMONT, now online at
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20776...LE_OF_CONTENTS
This is the one (of two) to take when you get shipwrecked or have to run from a burning house (something we worry about here in the hills). You will find a couple of things taken straight from its pages. The other is 'SAMPLERS & STITCHES' by MRS ARCHIBALD CHRISTIE. I love that book even more, I think.
As for threads...! I bought every thread possible! But I found that, by the end of it all, I was using mostly DMC stranded (which was easily available and I had them all for cross stitching).
I like to blend myself. For example, with the fern. I used 2 strands. Firstly 2 strands of shade A, next, 1 x shade A with 1 x shade B, then 2 x shade B... and so on. It's simple and effective. You can run a thrid shade with it. Say you used the grades of green, but had a gold going too, dark to bright? Or copper to gold? The mind boggles with possiblilites!
It would be interesting to know how much thread went into this quilt. More interesting to see how much I bought and still have! And still buy!
On each of the nine patches, I wanted both intricate and fine work, and coarser, bolder stitching. Perle is gorgeous stuff. So, it's just an elaborate excuse to buy thread and exotic fabrics.
The main thing is, Rather than make a dozen things in a hurry, I thought I'd do it all on that quilt. It was meant to be much, much simpler too! It's a big sampler and I like to try new things.
As for being a quilt... it has four layers. The surface that you see is sewn onto torn up sheeting (blocks). The individual blocks are sewn onto a large sheet as well, so the weight is distributed over it all. Some motifs go through these layers, for strength. Actually I couldn't wait to put it together. Then a lining on the back that would hang loose excepting I've done ties all the way through, right across the whole.
But I know what you mean about it not being a quilt, even though it is! I get it. Crazy is part of the tradition though, don't forget.
Anyway, it doesn't matter. It's all good fun. The funnest.
Fern. The colour is less garish in truth. And maybe 1" bigger than the picture here.
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11-20-2010, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
That is a very interesting quilt but it just looks like a mess to me. That is just my humble opinion so please don't get mad at me.
11-20-2010, 03:37 PM
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Location: Happy Valley, South Australia
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Robyne spent approx. 3,000 hours to make this masterpiece, and for some it is to busy, but can you imagine the number of hours that people will spend looking at it, that have looked at it, each time you look at it you will see something that you missed last time.
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