*BLUE* quilt - *Stitched* Celebrating the Art of Quilting

 

*BLUE*

 

To celebrate *The Art of Quilting in Memphis-Tennessee* I am participating in an event called Stitched.

 

The requirements are to make a stitched three layer quilt with any material but a measurement of 24" by 24". Also, it has to be predominantly in blue color. 

 

Did anybody mention *ANY material*? Of course I took advantage of this and embarked on making the quilt you see above with paper and fabric.
 

For the background fabric I applied hand-lettered words to write *Blue-Azúl* . I also made brick shapes in different hues of blue.

Then, I applied my technique Infused Newsprint Cloth (INC) as part of the flower shapes.

Afterwards, simple hand stitching with thick embroidery thread was applied (the same color as my paint)

 

I used the *Hug Stitch* around the flowers and on top in brick shapes for texture.

Detail

 



 

Detail

 

As a surprise to the viewer I hid  the word blue. So while quilting the three layers together  I made sure to stop at the drawed lines which caused the letters to pop out. It will be interesting to see how many people will notice this detail :). 

I will be teaching Infused Newsprint cloth in May: more details here.