Curious Australian Bird
Quilt Summary:
Barbara McKie
Category:
Featured Quilts
Style:
Nature Inspired
Owned By:
Name of Maker:
Barbara McKie
Name of Quilter:
Barbara McKie
Year Made:
2019
Awards:
1st Place, Surface Design - Houston International Quilt Festival - Fall 2019
Design Source:
Curious Australian Bird
Measurements In:
Inches
Techniques:
- Applique
- - Fusible Applique
- - Machine Applique
- Embellishments
- - Thread Painting
- - Trapunto
- Materials
- - Unusual Materials
- Quilting
- - Free Motion Quilting
- Mixed Media
- - Fabric Dyeing
- - Image Transfer
- - Photos on Fabric
- - Printing
Show or Museums:
Houston International Quilt Festival - Fall 2019
Description:
While in a rented car in Australia, a curious Superb Fairywren landed on our front windshield and kept looking inside. I photographed the scene, then printed it to polyester crepe fabric and used two to three layers of wool batting and trapunto, thread painting, and free motion quilting.