{"id":16631,"date":"2023-05-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sylaquiltartist.pl\/v1\/2023\/05\/22\/big-breake-swing-bridge\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:00:00","slug":"big-breake-swing-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sylaquiltartist.pl\/v1\/en\/2023\/05\/22\/big-breake-swing-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Breake- \u201cSwing Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A while ago, Sylwia Haluch gave me a beautiful top she had sewn. She named it \u201cSwing Bridge\u201d. She asked me to give it some character by quilting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was quite a challenge, because quilting the top can either emphasize or completely spoil the effect of her work. So I had to think carefully about how to approach this task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start with the very colorful stripes. I quilted them with circles, meant to symbolize the wheels of bicycles or cars moving along the bridge.   To make them perfectly even and smooth, a special ruler had to be used. It was quite time-consuming and required a lot of precision, but I think it was worth the effort. The rings add life and energy to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The next step was to quilt the background, the black fabric that surrounds the colored stripes. I used a dark gray thread to make the quilting subtle and not overpower the main motif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here I decided to give vent to my fantasy. I quilted various patterns inspired by bridges – straight and curved lines, waves and spirals, trusses, and nets. I had a lot of fun with it and experimented with different shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won’t say everything turned out perfect – I know that I still need to work on quilting with rulers to make everything perfectly even and symmetrical. But I’m still very happy with my job and I hope Sylwia will be too.<\/p>\n\n\n

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