I really wanted to make a quilt to enter in the Century of Women's Progress exhibit, but I couldn't decide on one woman to focus on, so I went wide with the subject...very very wide.
I started out by making a rough sketch on my iPad in SketchesPro.
And since I had my new toy out and all ready to go I decided to try and use it to get words on the quilt surface that I wanted. I loaded up the Cricut with a sheet of Lutradur.
I used Lutradur instead of fusible backed fabric because I was initially thinking of painting the letters.
The Lutradur cut very well on the machine and mostly came off the mat easily. There was one font that I chose that made some of the letter sections too small and the Lutradur separated into layers.
My quilt subject is all about the roles that women can have and how they've changed since we got the vote in this country.
I used Fabri-Tac glue to stick the letters to tulle netting which worked really well.
Here's how one of the words looks on the finished quilt. Once I find out whether the quilt is accepted I'll post more about it (sometime next week).
1 comment:
What a great idea. It seems related to my Rosalie Dace quilt. Love it can can't wait to see the whole thing. Great job entering something!
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