Quilting these
hand dyed mandalas is so much fun!! For this mandala, I set my clock every 20 minutes and took a picture of the quilting progress. Play along and see if you can spot all the stitched additions between each timed photograph...
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| Get Ready, Get Set...Go! |
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| 20 Minutes |
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| 40 Minutes |
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| 1 Hour Mark |
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| 1 Hour and 20 Minutes |
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| 1 Hour and 40 Minutes |
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| 2 Hours |
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| 2 Hours and 20 Minutes |
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| 2 Hours and 40 Minutes |
By the 3 Hour Mark, I managed to complete all the background quilting! And that included a few breaks to check email, social media, etc. All that was left was to trim, label, and face my hand dyed and quilted mandala.
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| Quadrant Detail of Front and Back |
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| Quilt Back |
Aurifil 50wt threads were used for all the quilting and finishing. The mandala quilting was done in Very Dark Navy (#2785) and Turquoise (#2810) was used for the background wavy meander and facing.
When it came time to make my label, I studied my finished mandala for naming inspiration. The entire design started with a set of hearts, surrounded by more petals and then an outer ring of leaves, which reminded me of a flower bouquet...hence Valentine's Bouquet (which I may have misspelled 'Boquet' on the first label attempt!!)
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| Valentine's Bouquet, Finishes 21" x 21" |
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