An embroidered quilt can be made by hand or machineWhen I was planning this section on embroidered quilts, I had in mind the wonderful quilts by fiber artists of today, such as Ellen Anne Eddy and Ann Fahl . These artists use decoratvie thread the way children use crayons. They color with it by using the thicker threads in the bobbin of the machine and sewing on the upside down quilt with their sewing machine. Then, I realized that I had several embroidered quilts in my collection to add to this page. These quilts use embroidery as the design in each block, then are assembled and quilted as usual.
Enjoy the embroidered quilts pictured below.Click on a picture to see a larger version. My peacock quilt was the result of a class I took in machine embroidery. When choosing the threads for the class, the bright, shiny blue reminded me of a peacock's head and neck. My subject just chose itself! We learned how to embroider using the decorative threads in the bobbin of the sewing machine, avoiding the common tension and tangling problems if used as the top thread. Because it was in the bobbin, we had to sew the design from the back. A little tricky at first, but worth it! The copper colored thread is a metallic thread, the green used on the body is a rayon thread and the thread used for the feathers is a braided thread with black, green, blue mixed together. This little quilt was made using a fat quarter for the background and I bound it with a shiny polyester dress fabric. - Tammy, Wilton Center, IL, USA
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