Thursday 16 April 2015

Making 3D quilted items

I love quilts with a bit of 3d added to them, like a prairie point or raised applique but it did not occur to me to make 3d quilted items.

Gillian Travis gave our branch of the IPS (Irish Patchwork Society) a workshop on how to make her prize winning 3D flowers made from quilted pieces. You may have seen these at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham a number of years back.

Gillian has a new kit for sale and these will be the last of them. She is moving onto applique kits of Indian ladies and other fun stuff.

Included in the kit is fabric and felt to make the quilt sandwich, wire to hold the shape, buttons for the centre and a template sheet for 5 different designs.

We each used a kit on the day and it came with beautiful hand printed fabric. There were 2 options of kits, with orange and without and I couldn’t resist the gorgeous brightness of the kits with the orange included.

The fabrics are hand printed in India and when travelling there on holiday Gillian visited the workshop, made friends and worked out the basic pieces of a kit. Gillian was keen to make sure the sourcing was ethical and of a high quality.

The kits we were using are the 3rd edition and I just love the paper the wire came wrapped in. Don’t these Bollywood movies look like lots of fun?



I’m quite proud of my one flower made on the day!

There is a bit of a learning curve with this one, involving using free motion quilting, zipper foot, different types of zig-zag stitch and Gillian gave us lots of tips on the day. It was slow going and we all pretty much made 1 flower.


Now that we’ve gotten the hang of it I expect the next few would be much quicker.


Doesn't everyone's work all look so pretty together? Thank you Gillian and all the IPS peeps for such a lovely day!


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22 comments:

  1. What a bright and beautiful bouquet you have made! :)

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  2. So cute! A bright addition to any room.

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  3. These are gorgeous. I saw them at the Festival of quilts and loved them. I bought a kit but unfortunately haven't made them yet. You've inspired me to make them as soon as I can

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  4. What fun! Sounds like it was a good techniques class... where you don't necessarily finish a lot but you learn how to make the thing. Such cute flowers. Well done. www.quiltartbymegan.com

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    1. Definitely true Megan, there was quite a bit of valuable sewing machine info learned throughout the day!

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  5. What a fun to make this flowers!! I can make a lot of them for a garland. I love it.
    Love from Amsterdam

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  6. What a fun to make this flowers!! I can make a lot of them for a garland. I love it.
    Love from Amsterdam

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  7. What a fun to make this flowers!! I can make a lot of them for a garland. I love it.
    Love from Amsterdam

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  8. Oh my goodness. Your blogpost made me almost scream. Indian fabrics and Bollywood movies - this is too close to home. Ok, sorry. Let me take a deep breath.
    Yes, those fabric flowers are pretty darn awesome too. It is so involved a process and the result is outstanding. How do you have the patience to make one little flower a day? I am in awe!!! Kudos to you!!!
    P.S. Thank you for your comment on my Life's Embrace :-)

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    1. I had to laugh when I opened the newspaper and saw the Indian movies, they look like so much fun!

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  9. That looks like a lot of fun and I love the Indian fabrics.

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  10. Those flowers are simply beautiful! What a great way to brighten up any dreary day!

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  11. oh what a pretty bouquet! Would these be awesome for a wedding? Although I don't know very many people I'd be willing to make a bunch for, ha.

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  12. Be very proud, it is beautiful!! And that last picture of all of them together - fabulous!!

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  13. What fun flowers, I love them!

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  14. I made fabric flowers once, but hadn't thought of quilting them. These are gorgeous, especially in a big pile.

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  15. Looks like it was a great workshop Ruth :)

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  16. Those are beautiful flowers! I would imagine a bouquet of them would look lovely on the kitchen table.

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  17. Gorgeous Ruth...they look fab altogether too! Are they a bit fiddly to make though?

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  18. I have watched a lot of Bollywood movies and they really are fun!

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