Journal Quilt 2007

A Page from My Book:
Journal Quilts 2007 – Journal Quilt Project


Lisa Konkel
La Crosse, Wisconsin
USA

Bridge #1:  Myrick Park

Creative Quilting techniques used:  puff paint tree and Fiber Etch leaves (p. 91); fused layers of fabric to recreate a photo (p.128); fused tiny squares of fabric (p. 138)

This was a very difficult quilt for me to create.  I decided early on that I wanted to recreate a photo of a bridge in a local park, but I was overwhelmed by the idea of actually making it into a quilt.  I finally had to just get started, and it turned out to be a very intuitive process.  I couldn't plan each step in advance, I had to just do it until it looked right.  I found this type of work to be very rewarding and plan to do a series on bridges and local scenes. 



This is a detail of the quilt.  I made the scene and then made a frame to overlay the quilt as a border, and also turned it to the back to form the binding.  The frame was made from a sheer copper fabric.  I drew the design and then machine stitched the design into the fabric (properly stabilized).  After removing the pattern piece and the stabilizer (with tweezers) I burned away the excess sheer fabric.  The piece is sewn to the quilt along the main design lines, then pulled to the back of the quilt to bind it.