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Ken's Fiddle Quilt

12/17/2017

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This is my second attempt at making a Fiddle Quilt. It is for a good friend who loves cricket, golf and gardening, amongst other things!
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Ken's favourite colours are red and blue, so I started out by appliqueing his name using fusible web. I machine-embroidered around the edges using a buttonhole stitch, which worked well.
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I ordered golf and gardening fabrics online, but couldn't find any cricket-themed fabrics. However, I found a cricket key chain (hooked onto the belt loop in this photo). It has Ken's initial, his birthstone and a cricket bat and stump. The handkerchief is made from one of cricketer Ted Dexter's ties left over from another project.
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I pleated some blue fabric for texture and sewed on a beaded ladybug that my daughter made. I included some tomato plant fabrics as Ken used to grow them.
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Ken worked in shipping, so I've hidden a lighthouse underneath some star/planet fabric that he'll have to unzip to find. I quilted a brick garden wall on the right and sewed on a crocheted flower for texture.
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Ken and I shared a fair amount of wine in our day, so I've added some drinking fabric for his amusement, along with some wooden shapes on string and ribbon. I'll be giving this to him over the holidays and I hope he likes it.
2 Comments
Annlee
3/10/2018 09:44:06 am

I love all the detailed work in your fiddle quilts. And the use of texture by pleating fabrics. It changes the way you look at using fabrics in quilts to think about how you can alter their surface treatment. Fabulous!

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Linda
3/10/2018 10:49:29 am

I think we bought pleaters at the same time--do you still have yours? At one of the quilt shows. Thanks for the lovely comments.

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