Fireweed quilt

Hello all

Well, it is done. At last. Finally. Never again will I do this style. I got the fireweed quilt done. Here is the link.

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I am very pleased with the colors, but it is definitely not my best work. Good thing you can only see a picture. I need to press things a bit but I didn't quilt the black border and it is a bit wavy since the rest of it was stippled. Not quite sure how I am going to fix things before I hang it in the entry. I may have to stipple the border too. Now on to finishing other projects. Steve Alaska

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steve
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Steve, it's gorgeous. I love the other SG quilts too, but the colours in this one just sing!

If the borders are a bit lettuce-leafy (couldn't see with the black) why not do parallel lines of quilting the length of the borders. That would ease in any fullness, and might be easier than stipple on such a narrow area. The contrast to the stipple effect could look good too.

Well done!

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CATS

All of those are simpoly gorgeous!! Can I send you some of my stained glass kits and you can do them for me??? I simply don't have the patience needed to get them done.

Larisa

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off kilter quilter

Beautiful, Steve. You do lovely work.

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maryd

That's just breath-taking, Steve. Wow. You can force Mr. Moose to straight by putting a hanging sleeve on top, bottom and both sides. Slip thin wooden slats in them and secure as needed. Alex on Simply Quilts showed us how to lightly dampen a quilt, stretch it snugly on the floor and let it dry so that it didn't wobble. If you're going to put it on a wall, you don't have to worry about how uncomfortable four slats would be. Polly

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Polly Esther

Steve, your quilts are really wonderful... you really did a lovely job on all of them.

Patti in Seattle

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Patti S

Cheryl, thanks for the idea of a different direction of quilting. I just might try that. Larisa, sorry no, =) my patience is used up too, for a good length of time. I need something fun and fast to do. Polly, thanks for the how-to from Alex. I'll definitely have to remember that.

I've only been reading here for a short time, but once again I've learned several new things. Thanks all.

Steve Alaska

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steve

It is just beautiful. I love the colors. Gen

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Don/Gen

That's pretty!

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Donna in Idaho

Fabulous Steve.Well done!

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Estelle Gallagher

Well Steve, you might not have enjoyed doing it, but that doesn't show. It is exquisite. Good for you for sticking with it and finishing. It really is gorgeous. If the black border is wavy, then quilting it 'into submission' would be sure to help. If you didn't want to stipple again, you could free-motion quilt leaves, long skinny ones like the fireweed. Thanks for sharing your achievement.

(By the way, as fireweed - known by a different name over here - is the very dominant weed in our garden, I could never contemplate doing that quilt >ggHello all

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Pat in Virginia

Steve, you do know about the galloping horse rule? This is a really lovely piece! Go stipple the border so it will stop lurking in your conscience, and hang it someplace where visitors have room to fall over in amazement! Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

Beautiful!

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Donna in NE La.

All three are beautiful, Steve. I'll admit to being particularly partial to the bear carrying the salmon. Maybe it's because the bear and I have the same taste in fish. :-)

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Michelle

Oops! I now see that a 4th quilt has loaded. Another gorgeous piece!

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Michelle

Steve, I'm sorry this reply is so late -- this group is so large and so busy that I'm lucky I get 1/4 of it read at all. But -- I just had to tell you that I think your Fireweed quilt is gorgeous! I've done a couple of 18" blocks in that style of stained glass technique, and decided early on that it was the most convoluted way to do a stained glass facsimile that I'd ever seen! First, tracing the pattern. Then cutting out all that black fabric and trying to get it to lay flat and stay where I wanted it! It seemed like a giant spiderweb. Yikes!! I'm glad I tried it, but will never do another one.

So, I'm very impressed with your quilt, and think that you must have the patience of Job! The finished product has to speak for the technique, as in your quilt. But I still don't really understand why this technique was developed. It seems to make something so difficult that doesn't have to be.

Anyway -- I love your quilt and the colors are fabulous. Good for you!

René

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René

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