Friday 8 May 2015

What did we do before fusible webbing?

Back before I knew anything about quilting, I decided that I would make a design on one of the Disney characters I had always loved.  I was very young, probably about nineteen or twenty.

I didn’t know about fusible webbing like steam a seam or vliesofix.  I didn’t now about much really.  But I figured ‘this can’t be too hard’.

And it was SUPER hard.  I can’t believe I finished it.  I appliqued it all with pins and a good bit of cursing onto calico, with no sticking products at all, then I stitched it on with machine applique (which again, I had no idea how to do) but I think perhaps I was young and naive, and didn’t know how much easier it would have been with the right product.  And it just worked out.

It sat for so long as a cut out finished tiger, with no background.  I didn’t have a clue how to finish it off, but then the water colour quilt came into vogue and I thought ‘hmmm, that might do’.  So about fifteen years after I finished the tiger portion I finished the background section and now he is done. 

Well, he’s a flimsy.  But that’s done enough.

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What do you think? Yes, I’m well aware I broke about 397 copyright rules, but I figure I’m not selling it for money – I can’t see how Disney would have any sort of issues.  But don’t tell them, just in case.

Hope your day is a good one!

7 comments:

  1. Absolutely charming. I've printed the picture of the quilt to put in my sewing room. You did a fantastic job. Many times wonderful work is done by people new to quilting who don't know "they can't do that!" It brightened my day.

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    1. Oh how true is that! This was one of my first projects in quilting. I doubt I'd do it now!

      Thanks for posting, Sharon.

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  2. I love it!! The background was a great choice.

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    1. Thanks, Corina = I think it worked really well. Sometimes I do have flashes of brilliance :)

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  3. I just love it!!! Makes you smile! I love doing appliqué but only with fusible! I don't know how you ever did it without it!

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