{"id":4117,"date":"2017-07-23T09:56:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2017-07-23T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:56:01","slug":"art-quilt-w-and-the-3-bridges-2017-07-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2017\/07\/23\/art-quilt-w-and-the-3-bridges-2017-07-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Art quilt ‘W and the 3 Bridges’ – 2017.07.23"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My new art quilt ‘W and the 3 Bridges<\/em><\/strong>‘ is completed!\u00a0 The finished size is 14.5″ x 27″.<\/p>\n

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In making this quilt I experimented with several new-to-me techniques<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I constructed the background (sky and water) with raw edges<\/strong>.\u00a0 I usually fuse all my fabrics and cut them to precise shapes.\u00a0 I like how the raw edges and freehand cut shapes give the background a softer look – even though I did have to trim some fraying threads from time to time. \u00a0 See more about how I constructed the background in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I traced my design onto sheer fusible interfacing<\/strong>, and used it for two purposes – as an overlay to position the fused bridge pieces, and as a guide for stitching the detail lines on the bridges.\u00a0 See these posts for more information – Bridge 1<\/a>, Bridge 2<\/a>, Bridge 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was planning to use white eco-felt for batting, but didn’t have enough on hand.\u00a0 So I used Warm & White batting<\/strong>, and I’m really pleased with how flat it is.<\/p>\n

I did all my quilting with no backing fabric<\/strong> – quilting through the top and a layer of batting.\u00a0 This allowed me to easily add more quilting wherever I wanted to, without any concern of how messy it might look on the back.<\/p>\n

Once all the quilting was done, I fused the backing<\/strong> on.\u00a0 I fused Heat n Bond Lite to the backing fabric.\u00a0 (I bought this fusible quite a while ago, but haven’t used much of it because I much prefer Steam a Seam Lite).\u00a0\u00a0 I trimmed the fused backing to 1″ shorter and narrower than the trimmed quilt, so that about 1\/2″ of the quilt showed on each edge.\u00a0 I did this so it would be easier to turn the edges to the back when I applied the facings.<\/p>\n

I considered doing some minimal quilting through all the layers including the fused backing, but decided not to.\u00a0 I want to see how this works.\u00a0 If the bond holds, additional quilting should be unnecessary.\u00a0 I can always add some quilting later, if I decide it’s required.<\/p>\n

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I used my standard facing technique<\/a>, but with a couple of twists.<\/p>\n

On more than one occasion, I have cut too much of the batting from the corners.\u00a0 So this time, I sewed the side facings and pressed them, then finger pressed the bottom edge to figure out exactly how big a triangle<\/strong> I should cut from the batting.\u00a0 After cutting off the corners of the batting, I attached the bottom facing.\u00a0 I then cut the same size triangle from the top corners of the batting.<\/p>\n

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I usually hand-sew the facings to the back of the quilt, but decided to fuse the facings<\/strong>.\u00a0 I used 1\/2 inch fusible tape.\u00a0 First I fused the side facings in place, then the top and bottom facings.\u00a0 I’m happy with how this looks, and it was much quicker than hand-sewing.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 Today, I\u2019m linking up with:<\/p>\n

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  My new art quilt ‘W and the 3 Bridges‘ is completed!\u00a0 The finished size is 14.5″ x 27″.   In making this quilt I experimented with several new-to-me techniques. 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