OMG ... fleece and fake fur?
Submitted by: Quilter79
March 8, 2008
This wall quilt was made for my niece Nicci's 5th grade class. Each child made a seat cushion out of fabric of their choice. The class tradition, and MY CHALLENGE as the volunteer, was to make a quilt that used each child's fabric scrap. What a challenge! I received fake fur, a piece of velvet and lots of fleece! When I saw this bookcase pattern in my EQ6 software, I knew this setting would be perfect. I put lightweight fusible interfacing on the back of the fleece and velvet, which stabilized the fabric for cutting. I fuse appliqued the letters, then stitched them with monofilament thread. Finally I heavily quilted the quilt so that the letters and books Popped out.
I took it a step further. Though I live in BC, I am a native Albertan. Therefore, I had great fun printing off pictures of famous Albertans and placed them in each book. I used the special deskjet treated fabrics (some are sold at EQ6) and printed the photos onto each sheet. I then cut them out and appliqued the photos onto the quilt, sprinkling some around the letters. Such Alberta notables are: Peter Pond, Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, Chief Crowfoot, Kathleen Parlow, Nellie McClung, W.O. Mitchell, Kurt Browning, and more! I've heard that the teacher just loved this quilt. My neice Nicci thought it was super as well! That made my day!
The quilt resides at a Stony Plain, Alberta elementary school.
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What a great way to take advantage of such unusual and unpredictable fabrics. Brilliant! - Katie
The librarian/educators in me loves the quotation, as well as the integration of famous local historical and contemporary figures. As a quilter, I'm awed by your ingenuity. I've never been brave enough to work with anything other than cotton. - seabelle
Thanks ... working with all of these different textures was a first for me, but I got plenty of help and advice from other quilters. - Quilter79