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Offline BEG

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I wanted to show you all something....
« on: May 19, 2008, 08:47:53 AM »
This is what real quilting looks like.  This quilt just won first place in "Innovative Wholecloth" at MQS (it's a big time quilt show).   Wholecloth quilting is just that, a quilt made from one piece of fabric.  The way the black is made is called "Shadow Trapunto".  It is done by layering a really dark fabric (for this case black) under very thin white fabric (usually Batiste).  You stitch around every part you want black in thread that disappears when it gets wet.  Then cut away all the black area that you want white.  Then you do the quilting (she used black thread).     As I'm sure you all can see, it is very time consuming and takes a lot of talent.  This is what I want to achieve one day, this is just amazing. 









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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 08:49:25 AM »
I keep on reading your threads with titles like " I wanted to show you all something", and "look at this", and all I ever see is damn quilts and stuff :whatever:




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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2008, 08:51:31 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 19, 2008, 08:49:25 AM
I keep on reading your threads with titles like " I wanted to show you all something", and "look at this", and all I ever see is damn quilts and stuff :whatever:




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You should have learned you lesson by now.   :p  But I bet you will keep on looking, just incase I post a provocative picture of myself or something.   :-*
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2008, 08:55:04 AM »
Quote from: BEG on May 19, 2008, 08:51:31 AM
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 19, 2008, 08:49:25 AM
I keep on reading your threads with titles like " I wanted to show you all something", and "look at this", and all I ever see is damn quilts and stuff :whatever:




 :-)


You should have learned you lesson by now.   :p  But I bet you will keep on looking, just incase I post a provocative picture of myself or something.   :-*

I'm not sure how much more disappointment I can take. :thatsright:  not to poo-poo the quilts, mind you;  they are very good, as far as quilts go.




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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2008, 08:59:39 AM »
BEG, I'm speechless! That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! Quilts to me are like the ones my granny used to make. Just simple scraps sewn together. They are also beautiful but I had no idea this method of quilting existed! I can't imagine and skill and patience involved. Wow!

You'll have to let us know if you attempt this method. I bet it would be gorgeous.
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2008, 09:27:39 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 19, 2008, 08:49:25 AM
I keep on reading your threads with titles like " I wanted to show you all something", and "look at this", and all I ever see is damn quilts and stuff :whatever:




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Same here.  I saw the thread title and thought WooHoo gotta open that one.  What do I see?  A friggin quilt.  :bawl:
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2008, 09:36:22 AM »
Quote from: ScubaGuy on May 19, 2008, 09:27:39 AM
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 19, 2008, 08:49:25 AM
I keep on reading your threads with titles like " I wanted to show you all something", and "look at this", and all I ever see is damn quilts and stuff :whatever:




 :-)


Same here.  I saw the thread title and thought WooHoo gotta open that one.  What do I see?  A friggin quilt.  :bawl:

we have the most heavily trafficked quilt threads on the internets. :-)
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2008, 09:46:18 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 19, 2008, 09:36:22 AM
Quote from: ScubaGuy on May 19, 2008, 09:27:39 AM
Quote from: Wretched Excess on May 19, 2008, 08:49:25 AM
I keep on reading your threads with titles like " I wanted to show you all something", and "look at this", and all I ever see is damn quilts and stuff :whatever:




 :-)


Same here.  I saw the thread title and thought WooHoo gotta open that one.  What do I see?  A friggin quilt.  :bawl:

we have the most heavily trafficked quilt threads on the internets. :-)

 :rotf:  :rotf:

Hey everybody check THIS out! Whoo hoo!! Oh yeah.


Just kidding BEG. My grandma, before she died, and two of my aunts are pretty good at quilts. (geometric stuff or flowers mostly) That detail in pick three is really something though.
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2008, 10:08:36 AM »
I knew it was gonna be another quilt. 

The detail work pictured is exceptional.  I cannot imagine how anal retentive one must be to complete such a piece of art.     
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2008, 10:25:33 AM »
What a gorgeous quilt!  I wish I had that kind of talent.
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2008, 01:36:32 PM »
When I saw the title I thought of Blind Melon Chitlin  :uhsure:

I knew it was a Quilt thread....but I had hopes  :naughty:

It's a nice quilt though. Mamma would love to have one.
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2008, 02:03:39 PM »
The detail is breathtaking.

If anyone could duplicate such a masterpiece, it would be you BEG.

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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2008, 02:30:31 PM »
Of all the quilts I've ever seen, it's certainly one of them.
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2008, 03:41:53 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on May 19, 2008, 02:30:31 PM
Of all the quilts I've ever seen, it's certainly one of them.

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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2008, 04:57:15 PM »
that is one of the most incredible quilts I have ever seen!
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2008, 02:40:31 AM »
Amazing technique! 
Is it hand stitched or machine?
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2008, 11:16:06 AM »
Wow, that's really something else.  Very beautiful and lots of detail.  Really amazing.
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2008, 11:22:51 AM »
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on May 20, 2008, 02:40:31 AM
Amazing technique! 
Is it hand stitched or machine?


It was done on a longarm quilting machine.  it is guided by hand though.  Like mine pictured below.



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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2008, 11:25:40 AM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on May 20, 2008, 11:16:06 AM
Wow, that's really something else.  Very beautiful and lots of detail.  Really amazing.

I was wrong on the technique, apparently it wasn't shadow trapunto.  She apparently "inked" the black parts.  Which in itself is amazing than none of the ink "bleed" into the white areas. 
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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2008, 12:41:37 PM »
Quote from: BadCat on May 19, 2008, 10:00:15 AM
You guys are looking at this all wrong.
That is a lovely quilt.  It would be even nicer with BEG on it.



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Re: I wanted to show you all something....
« Reply #20 on: May 20, 2008, 02:31:41 PM »
Quote from: BEG on May 20, 2008, 11:25:40 AM
Quote from: Miss Mia on May 20, 2008, 11:16:06 AM
Wow, that's really something else.  Very beautiful and lots of detail.  Really amazing.

I was wrong on the technique, apparently it wasn't shadow trapunto.  She apparently "inked" the black parts.  Which in itself is amazing than none of the ink "bleed" into the white areas. 

Agreed, that's even more amazing.  If I had done it, half the white would be have black all over it. 
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