After several years in my UFO pile, my rainbow star project is finished. The official name is Rainbow over the Seven Sisters since the center of the medallion is the seven sisters block. I've blogged about it before, but a short recap- the center is all hand pieced, and the border is machine pieced. The quilting is all 100 wt. silk thread, and I resisted the urge to quilt-to-death. The quilting features secondary star rays extending into the background, and I was sort of sorry that the quilting in the darker colors (red/blue/purple) didn't show up as well on the background as I'd hoped. Also, most unfortunately, the red fabrics bled, so there are a bunch of red stains on the white fabrics. Seeing the stains irritates me every time I see them, but I guess it's my own fault. I should know by now to pre-wash, especially dark intense hand-dyes. It's 20" square, and I'm pleased it's finished!
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| Rainbow over the Seven Sisters, 2014, 20 x 20, Shannon Conley |
Its beautiful!! I love the quilting in the white stars. Its too bad the red fabrics bled. I hate when that happens.
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful! Great job on the quilting as well. If the red stains bug you, maybe try a bleach pen? Although not sure if it would eventually "eat" the fabric and then it might be worse. I've sometimes dabbed the bleach pen and then dabbed water to get it off but it can be tricky. Probablly best to just look the other way. I don't see it in the photos and most people probablly wouldn't t even know.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the close up pics of the quilting, wonderful colors, all hand dyed you said? Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt and fabulous quilting! I can't see the red stains either, so don't stress about them.
ReplyDeleteawesome as usual... I always prewash. I wash batiks twice in hot so they stop smelling like batiks when ironed. Too many chemicals in fabrics and bleeding is so upsetting. It's beautiful. LeeAnna Paylor lapaylor.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing a UFO! I don't know what's more impressive - the nice choice of quilting pattern or getting it done!
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