Organza in quilts

[Judith L.]

Have any of you ever made art quilts using primarily organza ? Saw some recently and am anxious to try. Any advice ?

[Terry K.]

I once made a block that was layered this way. . .backing, batting, background, silk daisy flowers, organza. I free motioned quilted the organza over the flowers. I used silk thread on top and MasterPiece thread in the bobbin and a small needle to quilt around the flowers and attach all the layers. It looked great when it was finished and I was surprised how easy it was to work with the organza.

[Judith L.]

Terry,
Can you post a picture ? What was the background fabric ? Sounds beautiful.
judyc

[Paula D.]

See this: http://cadouri-din-inima.blogspot.com/ Shadow Trapunto

[Judith L.]

Wonderful. Saw this technique years ago on Alex's TV show and loved it. Thanks for thelink.

[Terry K.]

Judyc, I wish I had won the blocks that month (it was my guild's BOM); but I didn't. So I don't have a photo of the end result.

[Hannelore N.]

Ineke Berlyn works a lot with sheers and her quilts are spectacular (a lot of them double-sided). Have a look at her website. She has also written books and gives classes - a very nice and very talented lade. Ricky and Alex should invite her.

http://www.inekeberlyn.com/

[Judith L.]

She is one of the quilt artists I was so fascinated by. Saw her work in an art quilt book and went to her site. She actually sales a kit for an organza quilt. I'm hoping to order one. Would love to see her on the show. I've never seen a photo of her sheer quilts and can't "picture" it.

[Hannelore N.]

Anything made from sheers is very difficult to photo graph. But here is a small (6x10 inches) piece I made. It's displayed in an acrylic frame.

[Lotti D.]

this is wonderful lorchen, i love it
something else i want to try...
thanks to all of you i'll never run out of ideas

[Margo C.]

That is WAY cool, Lorchen!!

[Judith L.]

Now that's what I needed to see. Thanks so much for posting it, Lorchen. I'm more excited about using organza than ever.

[Judith L.]

Oh now I want to try this with lame' and other shiny fabrics.

[Helene G.]

Esterita Austin uses organza on some of her quilts to show glass. She has a very interesting technique. You would have to take one of her classes to learn ii. You might also want to contact her go to her website.

[Judith L.]

I will check that out, sounds interesting. Thanks a lot.