Jejuri Temple Inspiration

Back in 2016, we spent several weeks in India and one VERY memorable Saturday visiting the Jejuri Temple just outside of Pune.

I took a photo of this ceiling as we were leaving the temple and as I have looked at it over the years, I am interested in the dimension that it exudes. Sometimes I only see a flat design when I look, but sometimes I feel as if it has some dimension to it. Perhaps it was painted in a dome and that is the dimension that I see, but either way, I really like it!!!

…and would love to use the pieced circles in a quilt someday!!

Our day at the temple was one of the most memorable of our trip and…..the yellow doesn’t come out!! If that intrigues you, read further……

Photo please….ten rupees

So….a fun day of sightseeing AND a new quilt inspiration…..

DOES IT GET ANY BETTER???

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A new way to Franken-Bat

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Last week I showed you the new way that I had learned to make a Franken-batting……..

No-Sew “Franken-Batting”

I was so proud of my discovery when several people mentioned that a product was made SPECIFICALLY for that purpose.

Introducing……

BATTING SEAM TAPE FROM KEEPSAKE QUILTING

Apparently, it works EXACTLY the way my method did but you don’t have to cut the strips.

If you want to try it out, it can be purchased HERE…

I shouldn’t be surprised that someone had already thought of it…. wish that it had been ME!!!

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That first step!!

Often, that very first step is the hardest one to take…..

You think that I would learn…..

Yesterday I got the leaves ready to add to the milkweed plant.

Now it was time to work on the flower head.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I had several different kinds of flowers….some with fusible and some double-sided.

I ran into the SAME problem with the double-sided flowers. They were too small for me to add the thread accents.

SO, I did the exact same thing as yesterday, using Sticky Vilene to sandwich the flowers….

….but ran into the same problem of not being able to see the flowers when it was under the machine.

So, I outlined them…..

….and started stitching…..

After a few dunkings in warm water, the flowers were ready to use…..

Now I moved back to the leaves and realized that they didn’t show up enough in their current state…..

Out came the fabric paint and my trusty sponge…..

…and I added some additional color to the outside of all of the leaves.

That helped, but they still needed something else….. maybe the veins need to be more prominent??

Out came the Fabrico markers…..

….and at this point I declared the leaves finished…..

So here it stands…..

Now I need to figure out what will be fused down before I quilt and what will wait until after.

You may have to wait a few days for that because I REALLY need some thinking time…….

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Fixing my leaves….

When I left you on Thursday, I had made one of the leaves for my “Monarch and Milkweed” challenge but had run into a problem with quilting the veins…..

There simply wasn’t enough to hold onto!!

Then I started thinking about the washout stabilizer that I had used for a previous quilt It is a sticky-sided water-soluble Vilene that comes on a 10-yard roll. If you are interested, you can purchase it HERE.

SO…..I made four more leaves…..

…turned them and marked the veins…..

Next, I rolled out a small portion of the Vilene and peeled off the backing paper…..

The side facing up is now sticky.

I placed the leaves on top….

…and placed another piece of the Vilene over it…..

Now, I had another problem……I couldn’t see the veins that I had drawn!!!

I fixed that by using the wash-out pen and re-drawing the veins on top of the Vilene.

I also switched to my Sit-Down Longarm so that I could use the applique foot…..

The stabilizer held everything in place and it was SO very easy to stitch the lines now.

I cut out the excess stabilizer…..

….and pitched them into a warm water bath…..

Immediately, the water became murky with the sloughed-off stabilizer…..

YUK!!!!

I moved to another water bath and lightly scrubbed the pieces with my fingers….

The final water bath was completely clear…..

So now I had FIVE leaves to play with…..

The original one is second from the right.

I LOVE using the Vilene!! It has a fabric feel to it so it isn’t ‘slinky” like some stabilizers.

When I used it previously I sometimes had trouble with my needle getting gummed up but it wasn’t a big issue!!

So now I have leaves to play with!!!

I am getting excited about this piece!!!!

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