Copper Shibori Finshed

I actually finished this last week but thought I would wait until today to show it so that it could be part of "Off the Wall Friday".  Go on over and see what creative things others are doing.

Here is it is with the copper squares sewn on.

They were remarkably easy to sew through, requiting no special needle or thread. My friend, Andrea, had given me some copper scraps to practice on and after trying a few different stitches I thought that this straight stitch was the best.  I bought these squares at the Houston IQA show a couple of years ago.  I looked up their schedule on their website and see that they will be at Houston again this year.  Their website for Willypilly Design has a lot to offer and shows their complete line of metal and shell offerings.

If you look at the left side of the quilt you will see some very small copper square sewn down.  These are 3/4 inch square and were cut from the scrap that Andrea gave me.

I purchased these real copper sequins and this variegated ribbon when I went to the garment district in NYC a couple of weeks ago.  I thought they would be perfect on the quilt and I sewed a few on and decided they were superfluous so I took them off.  I didn't do anything with the ribbon, even though it was a perfect match.

Now on to my next project, something entirely different . Stay tuned.