I recently purchased a set of Ultimate Background Stencils from
Cindy's Threadworks. She carries
Cindy Needham's stencils as well as a variety of other thread related products. I have long been a fan of Cindy Needham's work. I came across a table cloth with a small amount of open work and thought it was time to try some of Cindy's techniques. Then
Quilt Shop Gal offered a few incentives to get started.
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| I drew a feather template to trace. |
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| I traced the feathers and added the background stencil onto the top. |
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| Table cloth pinned to blue cotton, batting and backing. |
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| Cut away detail. |
A quilting friend who is an amazing hand quilter suggested using overhead pens in green to mark quilting lines. This is a first for me. I'm looking forward to washing it out to see how the quilting looks. That's a long way off though. There will be quite a bit of detail quilting to come.
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| The chosen stencil for the center. |
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| Free-motion stitching the cross hatching. |
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| Other stencils in the set. |
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| I thought about using the clam shell stencils as well. |
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| The appearance of lovely texture. |
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| Another shot of texture. |
Thank you Cindy Needham and Quilt Shop Gal for all of your encouragement and support.
