Facing a quilt

Finished corner.
Well I've managed to post from the end to the beginning again. I just can't get it in my head that I need to start with the beginning and go to the end. I'm sure you can move these post around but I don't know how to do it. Please bear with me I may get it right yet.

Facing a quilt

Fifth step: Cut away any bulk at the corner. This eliminates bulk in the corner.

Facing a quilt

Fourth Step: Cut away the fabric and batting of the quilt close to the seam. Leave the fabric of the facing, do not cut. When you do this it allows the facing to fold over nicely without bulk.

Facing a quilt

Close up of step three.

Facing a quilt

Third step: After the seam allowance has been opened and pressed I stitch within and 1/8" of an inch to the seam allowance.

Facing a quilt

Second step" I press the seam allowance.

Facing a quilt

First step: I start with a 2 1/2" strip of fabric the length of one side of the quilt. I choose the same fabric or close to the background on the front of my quilt. I use a 1/4" or 1/2" seam allowance. I do this to all four sides.

Facing a quilt

The next art quilt, "Summer's Bounty" to the left, needed nothing to close it in or stop the eye. While I was making this piece I took it to Focus, my fiber art group, to ask their opinion.

Judy Simmon's a good friend and fellow fiber artist suggested that I face the quilt. She explained to me that you faced a quilt just as you would face a sleeve in a dress. It worked like a charm and unless there is a reason for me to boarder or bind a quilt I rarely do that any more.

Facing a quilt

When I first started making art quilts I either put a boarder around the finished piece and/or a binding. When I made "Pue de Dome" at the left, I felt that a boarder and/or binding would take away from the art work in the center. I decided that I would frame the piece as you might a painting.

Finished Iris

This photo looks a lot like the last one I posted but if you click on it you can see that the quilting is done.
Lesson learned: If you work hard to develop a design and spend the time to execute it use a thread that you will see. I decided to use yellow since that was the color of my main flower. I wish I had used purple, it would have show up and since it is a complimentary color would have been a good addition to the piece.