{"id":4086,"date":"2017-07-12T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:59:14","slug":"new-art-quilt-bridge-1-2017-07-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2017\/07\/12\/new-art-quilt-bridge-1-2017-07-12\/","title":{"rendered":"New art quilt – Bridge 1 – 2017.07.12"},"content":{"rendered":"

My newest art quilt is inspired by the photo below.\u00a0 It was taken from Westminster Pier Park<\/a> on the bank of the Fraser River in New Westminster BC.\u00a0\u00a0 In the foreground is the public art installation WOW Westminster<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 In the distance are three bridges that cross the Fraser River.\u00a0 My working title for this piece is ‘W and the 3 Bridges’.<\/p>\n

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I cropped the photo, and then used artistic license to rearrange some of the elements.\u00a0 In my design below (which is a mirror image so I can use it to draw the pattern pieces on fusible web) you can see that I moved the foremost bridge upward so that it isn’t covering the bridge behind it.\u00a0 I also enlarged the W and moved it down so it isn’t covering the bridge support columns.<\/p>\n

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I traced my design onto sheer fusible interfacing, to use as an overlay to ensure the correct placement of the water line, and to position the bridges.<\/p>\n

First, I constructed and quilted the background (see previous post<\/a>), and now I am starting to construct the bridges.\u00a0 Here are the basic shapes of the three bridges pinned in place, and ready to be fused to the background.\u00a0 I’m going to stitch the details of each bridge with black thread.<\/p>\n

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First up is Bridge 1, which is a railway bridge.\u00a0 It was constructed in 1904, and originally had two decks to carry both rail traffic and automobile traffic.\u00a0 Today it is used only for rail traffic.\u00a0 You can read more about the history of the bridge here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below you can see the steps I used for Bridge 1.<\/p>\n

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  1. I used the sheer overlay to position the fused fabrics on the background, then fused them in place and stitched around the edges with black thread.<\/li>\n
  2. I used black thread in the bobbin so I could see the outline of the bridge from the back.\u00a0 Note that at this point, there is batting but no backing fabric.<\/li>\n
  3. then I cut the sheer interfacing apart and fused this part to the back, aligning it to the stitched outlines.<\/li>\n
  4. still from the back, I stitched the detail lines for Bridge 1<\/li>\n
  5. the detail stitching looks good, but will need to be stitched again, possibly with thicker thread.\u00a0 Later, after the other bridges are done, I will fuse on a backing, and then I will stitch the detail lines a second time from the front.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Come back in a couple of days to see what Bridge 2 looks like.<\/p>\n

    Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 Today, I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other creative projects to inspire you.<\/p>\n

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