Quilting Projects

Sunday 28 April 2013

Viking Longboat Wall Hanging

Hi there,
 I don't have a finish to show you this week, instead I have a new beginning.
This is a project I was inspired to make by a thimble!

My husband brought it back from Shetland for me ( I like to collect thimbles).  It's made of pewter and has a viking longboat on it.  I thought it would be a great subject for a wall hanging and something a bit different.


It's a bit difficult to see because its a pencil drawing, but this is the artwork I did for it.


I'm using bondaweb to do the raw edged applique.  The background fabric was begged from a quilter friend and is perfect for the effect I wanted.  It's by Makower UK and is called Ombre.  I think it's quite an old fabric because I couldn't find it online except in a post from 2008.

                                                            Slowly, adding the detail.


The sea was by far the most challenging part.  I just started playing around with some shapes to see how they looked.


Eventually I settled on this......


This is a raven on the sail.  I will add the detail with hand embroidery.  Did you know that the vikings trained ravens to search for land?  I thought that was really interesting.


Again, I will be doing hand embroidery to get the detail I want.



So that is it so far.  I will post about this from time to time so I hope you'll come back to see how its coming along.
Have a super Sunday.
til next time....
Rhianon.

11 comments:

  1. That is amazing! My husband is fascinated by Vikings, he would love this!

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  2. fantastic Rhianon....such a neat piece. i enjoy Vicking shows on TV...I have been trying to keep up with one lately....'Vikings'; I know simple as far as a name, but it is an exciting show.

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  3. I love the background piece but mostly I am so impressed with your inspiration for a beautiful piece just by a thimble! Can't wait to see the final piece!

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  4. I love what you did with the water and the ombre fabric is perfect.

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  5. Love this wall hanging... and the thimble is so ugly and cute all at the same time, lol. I look forward to updates.

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  6. Your skill is so amazing - truly! I am impressed at every post you do.

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  7. Fantastic work, and I know how beautiful it will be when you do some stitching on it...you are a very creative gal!

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  8. Wow, it's fantastic! Can't wait to see it finished!

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  9. This reminds me of reading about Noah's Ark in the Bible. In Genesis, chapter 8 Noah sent out a raven to find dry land but all was covered with water and he returned to the ark. He sent a dove out later but it took her two trips to find land but she did.

    I loved studying about the Vikings in school, very interesting people. This creation of yours, Rhianon, is already a beautiful piece and the water is spectacular! Looking forward to see it continue to come to life.

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  10. Rhianon, this is absolutely splendid!! I love everything about it. And what a cool thimble in the first place. :)

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  11. This is awesome!! Thanks for sharing it.

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