I was searching for an image of my completed Sumac quilt when I realized that I hadn’t taken a photograph of it and that meant that I didn’t follow up to my September 9, 2017 posting about starting this piece! Talk about distracted! Since it’s been a stretch of time since I shared this piece, you might want to check out the original post by clicking on the link above.
I always approach quilting with the idea that I want the focus on the star of the show. In this case, the star is an eco print of a sumac leaf. I wanted a soft, natural-looking color combination to surround the leaf so I chose a variegated cotton yellow-green thread by Oliver Twists. The circles seemed just the right touch.
The painted silk fabric to the right has plenty going on with color and a splash of glitz, so I chose to stitch it in place with a tiny zigzag stitch in a closely matching color then accent the curve with an old-fashioned feather stitch. For the hand-painted silk on the bottom of the sumac, I again used a close-color-match thread, this time outlining the pattern marks.
My stash of hand-dyed cotton fabric supplied the brown for most of the binding and I used a bit of the hand-painted yellow-orange silk to finish. This quilt measures 12″ square.
I’m rather pleased with Sumac. I hope it was worth the wait!
The Sumac colors are so good together and your quilting us always superb. Nice to hear from you again so soon!
Thank you Aileyn!
Such good color choices!
Nothing quite like Mother Nature, Gay! Thanks for the comment.
Love it. Your quilting is so divine.
Thank you Kay. This was a very fun piece to create.
Yes, definitely worth the wait…it is stunning! Another winner, my friend!
Thank you!
Absolutely lovely. As previously stated, well worth the wait. 🙂
Thank you Suzanne.
It’s a beautiful quilt, Frank, and beautifully quilted. Kudos to you!
Thank you Maureen. Lovely to hear from you.
P.S. I apologize for the autocorrect mistype of your name on my pervious response, Franki. I’ll watch out for it in future.
No worries!
Love your newest piece, very calm and the colors blend so beautifully. Perfect choice for quilting
Thank you Vivian. I enjoyed every step of creating this little piece.