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Saturday 30 November 2013

Periwinkle

As you all know, the color scheme of my daughters wedding, almost four months ago, was eggplant.  When it came to printing the invitations, the eggplant colored ink was not quite the look we wanted.  After a discussions with the printer she said, 'Let us take a look at some periwinkle inks, I am sure they will work!'  And one of them did!
When the color for this challenge was suggested, I was so excited!



A seemingly simple looking piece but nevertheless it gave me quite a bit of trouble.  Getting the image photocopied onto the fabric was very tricky.  The color of the print continued to show up as blue irrespective of the settings or the fabric or the photocopier that I used.  When I found a method that would give me the correct color, the wording was so faint one could hardly read it. I photocopied it onto voile and  tissue paper with the hope of using a medium in some way to get it onto the fabric; I also tried an image transfer technique but none were satisfactory.  
When I came to the end of quilting the monogram on the center of the invitation on my first two attempts I couldn't get the beginning and the end of my quilting stitches to meet.  Basting did not help as everything came to a point in the center.  I then gave up the idea of free motion quilting, put on the walking foot and managed to do it that way.
I eventually photocopied the invitation onto a cotton with a satin finish and bordered  it with a beautiful periwinkle colored silk fabric, I quilted it very simply.
I am now working on green which is also following along in the theme of the wedding.  So depending on the next color drawn , I may have a theme for this series.

10 comments:

  1. Persistence pays off! This makes a great companion to your eggplant and a wonderful lasting way to remember the wedding (as if you would ever forget!)

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  2. You are getting a lot of mileage out of the beautiful design that you created and it must be very satisfying to make all these memories. It's quite lovely

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  3. What a lovely keepsake and I ditto Dianne, you have made so many momentos.

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  4. I do hope my colour choice isn't go to throw you too far off course!

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  5. A series! How exciting. Hilary

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  6. The colour and themes sure fell into place for you, well done.

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  7. A beautiful reminder of a happy time!

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  8. Will you be giving this to your daughter? Such a beautiful creation from your heart for such a special day!

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  9. Love the way you have used this difficult colour, and so glad I unwittingly picked one which worked so well for you.

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  10. There is a magic feeling still present here, like the light of the moon.

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