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    Suzyq is online now Senior Member
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    Cool SOS - any advice plse!!!

    Hi! I've got this great idea for a quilted, collage wall hanging but am stuck! I want to title it "pieces of my life" and sew tog, or likely paper piece individual "blocks" to represent each of my hobbies and favourite things in life. For ex., to represent photography, was planning to paperpiece an old fashioned camera on a stand. I would then applique each "block" onto the coordinating bkgrnd fabric, and make the wall hanging. Oh yes, & of course embellish each one with trims, charms, netting, shiny fabric (oh I love shiny!!) My problem?? I don't want to do individual blocks as I want each design to flow into the other, thought maybe an appliqued vine to join each one... Can anyone help? Has anyone ever done a collage? I've been googling sites on collage wall hangings but not much so far... Only that I would need to have a color scheme thruout the designs to tie them tog. Signed "stumped" in Ottawa, Canada!

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    Oh! Oh! Pick me!!

    The first thing I thought of in reading your post was "crazy quilt". Have you ever seen how fabulous crazy quilts are? And for a collage you could embellish with anything...ribbons, shiny fabric, bows, buttons...the possibilities are endless! And just by the randomness of the "block" (not really blocks though) placement, it all looks like it belongs together. I'll attach some photos on this to show you what I came up with when I googled "crazy quilt".
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    All I can say is WOW!!!! amazing pics, of beautiful quilts.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gayle8675309 View Post
    Oh! Oh! Pick me!!

    The first thing I thought of in reading your post was "crazy quilt". Have you ever seen how fabulous crazy quilts are? And for a collage you could embellish with anything...ribbons, shiny fabric, bows, buttons...the possibilities are endless! And just by the randomness of the "block" (not really blocks though) placement, it all looks like it belongs together. I'll attach some photos on this to show you what I came up with when I googled "crazy quilt".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gayle8675309 View Post
    Oh! Oh! Pick me!!

    The first thing I thought of in reading your post was "crazy quilt". Have you ever seen how fabulous crazy quilts are? And for a collage you could embellish with anything...ribbons, shiny fabric, bows, buttons...the possibilities are endless! And just by the randomness of the "block" (not really blocks though) placement, it all looks like it belongs together. I'll attach some photos on this to show you what I came up with when I googled "crazy quilt".
    Well haven't you opened a new can of worms Gayle!!!!
    Gotta get me a piece of this action LOL

    and...good luck Suzi. Post pics for us to ogle
    May your sorrows be patched and your joys be quilted

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    Love your idea and looks like you already have some excellent advice! Can't wait to see what you come up with!
    ~Kathy~

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    The project sounds like great fun and the pictures of the crazy quilt ideas should be a great help. I love doing wall hangings but have never thought about doing a crazy quilt style. Now to the drawing board!
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    Gayle, these are some of the prettiest crazy quilts I have seen. What makes them so pretty is all of the embellishments. It must make making the blocks a lot more time consuming, but the results are spectacular. You also have a wonderful machine that makes those decorative stitches. I see that there are pictures within the block. I have not had good luck with printing pictures on fabric. They are not colorfast even though I follow the fabric's instructions. I wanted to make my grandkids a quilt with their picture in it, but I tested a few blocks (at considerable expense) and they all washed out or faded unacceptably. Do these quilts ever get washed?
    Suzyq, I think a crazy quilt is the way to go with appliqué pieces within it.

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    I love collage... i'm more of a start with neutral background... then make applique on top... overlapping, into one big piece.. (but then i'm known for things that are NOT symmetrical..sp?)... LOL
    Perhaps a beautiful "vase"... with stems (not straight) of hobby flowers????
    i know, i'm crazy....just thinking....
    "Each day well-live and Happy;
    that's all there is to Life!"

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    Default Re: SOS - any advice plse!!!

    when I first read this post I thought DNA (yours as in your life experiance) or a monocular structure. You could link each block/item as a monocular diagram such as :-

    http://www.news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/ironVI.html

    or use an image to represent yourself and entwine DNA around it such as this:-

    http://propaganda-dimitrios.blogspot...-dna-junk.html

    I think the stucture invites embellishment, could do all kinds of things with beads,thread, sequins buttons

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    SOS - any advice plse!!!-dscn5192.jpgJust to add a little more "craziness" to your ideas... how about STAMPING a couple things?? LIKE use rubber stamps and PERMANENT INK.

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