ALQS3 again

I donated 2 quilts for ALQS3 which means that in return I will get 2 other quilts. Today the mail brought me my second one:
This lovely cotton/satin/velvet quilt is made by Emma How. The velvet gives it a very rich feeling. Thanks Emma! I'll attach a sleeve to it and will find a place to hang it.

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Kate had organised another ALQS swap - this time only for art quilts - and I participated in it. I entered the swap with 2 quilts and that means that I will receive 2 other quilts. Well the mail brought me today the first one. Patsy - unfortunately no blog - sent me this homage to Van Gogh. The quilt is made of up to 9 layers of rayon and one of gold lame fabric, stitched and cut to make a chenille effect. There are a few beads appliqued on the stars. On purpose Patsy left the edges a little ragged quite deliberately, considering the state of Van Gogh's mind. Isn't it a beauty? Size is 19"x22". I have used this technique only once in a c&g course, but I love the way - and the numbers of layers - Patsy used with it. Don't be surprised if this technique shows up in one of my future quilts :-).

As I blogged some time ago my Gold quilt will be on show in Alkmaar (The Netherlands) next month at the first 'art-quilts-only' exhibition. At that time I knew it had passed the first selection for Birmingham, well yesterday I heard that it also passed the second selection. So even as I did not make any special quilt for FOQ this year, one of my quilts will be there. If you go there check out the exhibition by the European Art Quilt Foundation.

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Yesterday I showed you pictures of the quilt I am making for ALQS3. Well today I continued working on it and now it is finished. Here are the pictures of it:

Size is 18"x22,5". Title is 'Three flowers in a vase'. Who could have guessed .

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Kate is organising another ALQS. Round 3 is a bit different than the previous ones. One the ALQS blog you can read more about the details. But anyway I am participating. This time with 2 quilts. One was made for a previous Quiltswap which was cancelled. Luckily for me the size was okay for ALQS3. The other one is a new quilt. Here are some pictures of what I have done till now. First I started with auditioning several black and white fabrics for the background. The one at the right was a long strip folded irregularly and ironed to fusible webbing. The other white and the black one were cut in different shapes pieced and placed all over each other in a random way.

Next step was to go through my batiks. I found a grey/blue one out of which I made the table and a purple one which was perfect for a vase. All shapes were cut without templates. Temporarily glued to the background with a glue stick. When I liked the lay out I machine quilted it, starting with the background. Next was the table. Before I could quilt the vase I first had to make stems and put them into the vase like this:

It is a bit difficult to see, but there are 2 stems. The right side was a bit dark so I made a couple of circles and placed them there. The order in which I make a quilt may sound a bit strange. But after the quilting was done I continued with adding the bindings and part of the sleeve. Stay tuned for the finishing of this quilt.