Digitally Printed Quilts
I’ve been experimenting with “whole cloth” quilts. In this case, they’re comprised of images that I’ve printed on fabric, then stitched.
For my first two pieces, I started with this inspiration photo.
Beautiful, right? These are my neighbor’s curly crotons.
I wanted my quilted versions to be more impressionistic, so I played around in the computer and altered them quite a bit. I removed a lot of the detail, knowing that I would add it back with black stitching. Then, I had them printed by modern yardage, an online company.
This is the resulting first quilt, Curly Crotons. The black lines are stitched.
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And a detail shot.
For the second piece, I used the same starting photo, but added some more computer effects. Plus, I flipped it to the mirror image.
I like the transparent squares in this design. See the detail below. Again, the black lines are stitching.
Next, I decided to print some small panels that I could add hand stitch to. Here’s the first one, as I auditioned threads.
Can you see the Bird of Paradise flower under there? These should be fun little hand projects.
I’m happy with the first few projects and have now launched into a larger one. Sneak peeks soon.
What sorts of experimenting have you been doing lately?
Ellen Lindner
