Challenge #43 - Under the Sea, Threadwork, & Edge Finish

FFFC Challenge #43 –Under the Sea
March 2010
Hostess: Pam Harris

It’s time to take a trip UNDER THE SEA.

Here’s your chance to explore the mysterious and fascinating under water world, real or imaginary and the vast variety of color, shape and texture it offers. Just about anything goes so have fun exploring.

Keoki and Yuko Stender: http://www.marinelifephotography.com/
Reinhard Dirscherl: http://www.ocean-photo.com/
David Hall: http://www.seaphotos.com/


TECHNIQUES

Thread Work
Free Motion Embroidery/Thread Play
Nancy Prince: http://www.nancyprince.com/
Marilyn Nepper/Fiber Antics: http://www3.telus.net/mnepper/tutorial_thread_painting.html
Ellen Ann Eddy (Scrolldown to January 22, 2010) http://tinyurl.com/ygnblpq
Carol Taylor, Gallery/Coral Reefs: http://www.caroltaylorquilts.com/
Thread Trash
As defined by Connie Fahrion in the June/July 2008, Issue 33 page 45 of Quilting Arts Magazine: “It is that knotted, lumpy “stuff” you rip off of washed and dried fabric after it comes out of the dryer.”
Bobbin Drawing
http://www.mesew.com/bobbindrawing.html

Non-Traditional Edging: Finish your quilt with something other than the traditional binding. Here are a few suggestions:

Brenda Gael Smith/Serendipity: http://tinyurl.com/2clqht

Challenge is due April 3, noon Eastern Time Zone or whenever your schedule permits.