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Pink Progression

Writer's picture: Sharon PriganSharon Prigan

I have been working in pinks and creating a pink progression of art quilts in the last week. They are each 25 x 30 cm.


The first was a Wave Landscape Patchwork quilted piece.



pink wave landscape patchwork art quilt


When I sew remnants, piles of differing sizes are always created.


Really small snippets, which I used to use to stuff pillows and dolls.



tiny fabric pieces


longer, thinner fabric strips which are normally formed when I rip sheets and shirts. They are too narrow to use as strips when sewing but I have found many other uses for them. From creating embellishments to using them in fabric necklaces.



pink fabric strips


None of them are thrown away. They are materials for the next quilt .


The spool of pink thread that I found is for an industrial sewing machine. There is nowhere to place a spool of that size on a domestic machine.


So what I do is place it in a mug to prevent it from rolling around and then I thread the machine in the usual manner.



spool of pink thread in a metal mug


Now that I have donated fabrics and downsized I must use what I have smartly and not throw usable fabric away. I really squeeze every last drop, or thread, out of each fabric piece. Luckily I have created techniques which allow me to do that.


The next piece in the progression is a ScrapFabric art piece.


As I work I put scraps in designated bowls. These are the offcuts of the wave landscape patchwork piece.



small pink fabric scraps


and these are the threads accumulated as I work. I am quite suprised by the amount of thread which is discarded when sewing. I used to throw the snips away and decided to put them in a bowl just for fun to see how big the pile would get. Quite a lot of thread.


I am keeping them, in color coded piles of course, for use in hand sewing and embellishing.



pink thread remnants in a pink plastic bowl


I am always amazed when creating new fabric with scraps. This piece turned out really beautifully. This one will be used as an art piece.



a pice of pink shaded ScrapFabric


and I had enough of the pink shaded scraps left over to create a second piece. I cannot just create art - it is a flaw that I have, I think it is my Polish genes :) I have to make something practical as well. So this piece will be for a zippered pouch.



scrapfabric and white zipper and salmon ink fabric for lining for a zippered pouch


This time when I sew the zippered pouch I will be using one folded outer piece and one folded inner piece to have less bulk from seams in the finished piece.



folded pink shaded scrapfabric and white zipper on a table


and the third art quilt is a Carnival Boho Fabric piece where I incorporate all the scraps in an embellished design.



pink carnival boho fabric on a table


The results of my pink week


3 art quilts in pink shades laid out on a table


 

The tutorials can be found here on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/il-en/shop/PriganArt




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