Ginger Cherry

I have been really busy with my business (http://www.finishedfibers.com/), but I decided to try a quilting challenge in my spare time with The Badass Quilter’s Society blog.  The challenge was to create a quilt or quilted item from Moda Grunge fabrics and some sassy gold pleather to celebrate the Rocky Horror Picture Show!  I decided a quilted corset was in order (Even though my skills do not really run in the clothing vein.), and my project photos are below!  You can vote for your favorite Rocky Horror Picture Show quilted item starting on March 24 here:  http://www.badassquilterssociety.com/  Just click on the big red lips to see what else is on the slab…

Back pleather flowers with white bead centers. Tiny gold beads and buttonhole lace along each seam.

Open faux front with lazy daisy flowers with black bead button centers.

Full back with shiny, red ribbon.

FME without any embellishment.

I attempted FME or Free Machine Embroidery this week, and I really like it.  I need to practice my machine stitches, but I love the laciness of it.  Too, I want to use some on my “Madness” panel, which I finished piecing this week as well.  Now I have to begin the embellishments and words.  I want to stencil and hand write words that convey my ideas of madness and the artists on whom I am focusing onto the piece, but I am going to sample some before I actually work on the cloth itself.  My madness piece is done in crazy quilt style with lots of dark and moody fabric.  I left some seams ragged and open in a few places.  I am pleased with the overall effect, and I am looking forward to adding elements to it.  I should post some pictures of that process…next time perhaps.

My FME with my panel I am working on for class. I think they live together nicely. Both need to be finished, though.

FME partly embellished…more will happen this week!  By the way, the little transfer peeping through is the paper transfer I used for the larger piece backed with interfacing.  This little piece of FME will be a ledger sample.