{"id":8143,"date":"2024-08-30T10:37:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=8143"},"modified":"2024-08-30T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:37:58","slug":"meandering-through-the-city-2024-08-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2024\/08\/30\/meandering-through-the-city-2024-08-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Meandering Through the City – 2024.08.30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In September, I\u2019ll be heading to Edmonton AB for the annual conference of the Fibre Art Network<\/a>.  As usual, we will have an artwork exchange.  The theme this year is \u2018River City<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference organizers described the theme: “This year, the Art Exchange will be \u2018river city\u2019 inspired. We hope you will interpret some aspect of the North Saskatchewan River Valley, Edmonton itself as a River City or any river theme. Whether fun or serious, your artwork will be a valued keepsake for another FAN member attending the 2024 conference. It is so much fun to share!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was in Edmonton in June<\/a> for the Quilt Canada conference, and had lots of opportunities to view the North Saskatchewan River and stroll along the River Valley walkways enjoying the beautiful city and scenery. I took lots of photos that could have been inspiration for an art quilt. But what struck me the most about the river was its shape when viewed from above (as on a map) – its graceful curves as it meanders through the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I collected a few maps of the city and created my pattern, simplifying at a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Colours – For the river, I selected an intense blue color. A green print for the the park lands and trail areas in the river valley. And a mottled green fabric for the surrounding land (totally ignoring the city streets and highways of Edmonton). It needed a splash of another color, so I used red-violet for the base fabric. I trimmed each fabric piece slightly inside the lines so there would be gaps between the pieces, where a sliver of the red-violet base fabric would show as \u2018grout lines\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For quilting, I edge stitched each fabric. I considered a few options for overall quilting – echo quilting the shape of the river, a grid and (my recent favorite overall quilting design) a tilted grid. The tilted grid appealed to me more than the other options. I positioned 1-inch tape and stitched on either side of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tried something new for the facing. I left the ends of top facing open, so it could be used as a sleeve for a thin dowel (made from a 30″ bamboo campfire skewer)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here is the finished piece, titled ‘Meandering Through the City<\/strong>‘. It is 18 x 9.5 inches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for stopping by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m linking up with Nina-Marie\u2019s Off the Wall Friday<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

. . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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