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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Incredible Quilt, Incredible Threadwork

Life in Holly Ridge

Nancy Prince's quilt, Life in Holly Ridge, was understandably, always surrounded by a crowd at the NQA show. It was truly a feast for the eyes, from the painted houses in the background to the pieced buildings in the middle ground and all the incredible thread painting in the foreground

Click the images for larger versions to enjoy the work, then surf over to the thread painting tutorial on Nancy Prince's site to see how she makes it look easy.

Detail from Life in Holly RidgeDetail from Life in Holly Ridge
Detail from Life in Holly RidgeDetail from Life in Holly Ridge

The statement on the show label says:
Approximately 50,000 yards of thread and 3 million stitches created the thread painted design. It took 1500 hours of frustration, a ton of trial and error, and ultimately total joy to complete the quilt.
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2 comments:

  1. Rhonda8:57 PM, June 14, 2007

    Wow, it's hard to believe that it's a quilt.

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  2. The Calico Cat7:14 AM, June 18, 2007

    I made quite a few comments on flickr - thanks again for sharing.

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