Quilt 4 – Washing Day

 

The fourth quilt from the series „Fields, Meadows & Gardens",  the "Washing Day", is finished. This time, I´m really satisfied with the result. It is completely sewn by hand and also heavily quilted by hand.

First, the ground was quilted, then the tree crown was made from patches of green cloth and quilted.

I planned to use rusted ribbons for creating the trunk and branches, but I found the colour not the right one. Searching for another material I found an interesting piece of cloth, uneven, frayed, and perfectly shabby. One side created the roots almost automatically, the other side and the branches „needed some help“.

The washing day must be a sunny day of course.

The washing line is couched, the pegs are embroidered needle weave bars (I used rusted thread). 

Eiderdown and pillow were made of Japanese cloth. It´s a great pleasure to work with it.

Folks, I really feel my hands and arms protesting. The hours and hours of hand quilting have to be paid off. No matter how much I love hand quilting, I should perhaps reconsider the sewing technique of the two other quilts which are waiting to be made…

 

Happy stitching

Michaela