Finally, seeing Abide in Him displayed on the living room wall gives us joy and creative achievement, which we can share with others. Inspired by one verse of the Book of John 15, I drew this original inspiration roughly with a pencil and a small pad and later drew it better on vellum paper.
The wall quilt is 40" x 40". Over three hundred leaves were cut out from fabric scraps, and I then glued them on the background fabric. For the edges, I faced them, "Facing is a great option for a clean, modern look and is becoming more common for wall hangings"~Tiny Orchard Quilts.
The free-motion simple designs still created motion and texture to the design. It was tedious to quilt over the loose leaves. I quilted most of the wall hanging on the Cutie frame and the rest with the Janomee 7700.
MISTAKE
Even after I sewed, colored, and quilted the face, the face still bothered me, but I ignored the BIG UGLINESS. Maybe, after all, it was only my perfectible attitude or pride; whatever it was, I couldn't let it go.
BEFORE
After quilting the entire wall hanging, I showed it to my husband, whose first response was, "The face looks like a skeleton!" My response to his critique was, "That's it! I have to ripe it out and draw a new one." And I did. My goodness, it was worth it!
It took an entire hour to rip off the face. The quilting was so small, I had to rip off the thread with twizer.
AFTER
Lesson learn: If it bother you, really badly. Don't hesitate to redo your work or mistake. It worth it!
Let's go...design another quilt!
Resource
Tiny Orchard Quilts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vifmwrEUDeQ
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