Thread Painted Barn Quilt Made From Photos

I took 3 photos and created a very personal quilt for a customer.  She sent me a photo of her favorite barn. I took a photo of the cupola and bike in her yard.  She wanted a farm windmill with morning glories like the quilt I made a couple of years ago.  I combined all 3 photos to make an art quilt for her.

The 3 photos.

  

Click here to the link to the post about the "If I had a Barn Quilt"

I only took a few photos of the construction. Sometimes I forget to take photos.

I first cut out wheels for the bike from fabric. I didn't like them, so I decided it would be best to thread paint them instead. I used sharpie markers to draw and fill in where I would thread paint it.

Next it was ready to quilt/thread paint.

I used a double batting - 80/20 cotton/poly on the bottom and washable wool on the top. It gave it more dimension for the thread painting.

The day I was quilting/thread painting the Barn Quilt, my husband took a photo of me. I needed a photo to display with my art quilts.

I took several photos of the quilting/thread painting up close. On the first one, you can see my name and the year stitched into the black border.

  

This quilt is on display for the month of February at Old Oak Inn in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin and then it will go to it's new home of my customer.

This is the sign I have on the quilt:

“Barn Quilt”  28” X 26”

SOLD but you can order one from your own barn photos.

This one was designed from 3 photos – of a barn, 

a windmill, and a copula. 

My original quilt design using photos. 

Freestyle Quilting and Thread Painting by Marcia Wachuta

Crafty Sewing and Quilting  www.craftysewing.com

Do you have a favorite photo of a place or a flower or something? (but not a person) 

Would you like it made into a Thread Painted Wall Hanging?

My email is Marcia@craftysewing.com

Here are a few more posts of photos that I turned into quilted wall hangings.

Click here to see my post about my First Bloom Quilt and how I created it.

It was made this quilt from this photo.

The next quilt was made for a quilt challenge and had to be all BLUE!  I based it on Vincent van Gogh's vase of flowers.

Click here to see the post about "Daisies for Grandmama"

Click here to see how I created my "Blue Carolina Lily Quilt" from a drawing.

Here is my drawing for the Blue Lily.

Click here to the link to the post about the "If I had a Barn Quilt"

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

Project Quilting --- Triangles

This week's Quilt Challenge for Project Quilting is Triangular. See the details here:  9.2–Triangulation–Challenge 2 of Project QUILTING Season 9

I am a sponsor of Project Quilting. This week I am awarding a prize of a PDF Downloadable Pattern to each participant!  I call it "Everyone WINS"! 

Here is a link to the prizes and you can find out how to win: Prize List for Challenge 9.2 of Project QUILTING

Winners will be selecting a PDF Downloadable pattern from My PDF Downloadable Pattern Store. If you haven't downloaded my FREE PDF Patterns, hop over and do that now.

I named my set of little quilts --- "Directional Triangles"

Here's how I made my little 4 triangle quilts.

First a little brainstorming and internet searches.

Next a few sketches.

and more...

I decided to look around my quilting studio, as sometimes I get ideas from the quilts, that I have already made. I may want to create one of them again or create a similar quilt. 
This one is fabric stitched onto card stock.

And there were more on my bulletin board.

I selected my fabric --- pink and purple from Cherrywood Hand dyed fabrics and the grey is from Quilts by Barb.

Iron/pressed on Lite Heat and Bond.

I cut the pieces into squares and then into triangles.

I made the background fabric from the scraps of my grey fabric using the construction method from my Textures Quilt Pattern. It's a great way to create texture in an orderly construction method. You can purchase the PDF Downloadable Pattern for only $6.00 on Craftsy.

Next, I figured out where I wanted to divide the background to make 4 quilts using wooden knitting needles, so I could see the sections, before I drew the lines.  I really wanted 3 quilts, but ended up making 4 quilts.

Next, I added the triangles to get an idea, before I drew the lines.

Then I drew the lines to divide the sections in to 4 quilts.

Then, I started peeling off the paper.

Pressed/ironed them in place.

It's ready to quilt!

I selected to use 80/20 Cotton/poly batting on the bottom and washable wool on the top to give the quilt more loft and stability.

I stitched on my drawn lines to make the sections separate.

I Wiggle Line Quilted around the triangles all the way to the edges of the quilt in each section. I Wiggle Line Quilted the triangles on both colors and through the center connecting them together in the line.

Here's the backside.

Trimmed the edges.

Separated the sections.

4 quilts or.....

3 quilts?

Ready for the binding. I thought about a dark grey, but the black looked the best.

I am ready to link up to Persimon Dreams for the Project Quilting Challenge. 

Enjoy your day!

Marcia