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Modern Bargello, Huahine đŸŽŒ, Dust off 📚

Aujourd'hui : de la musique, une histoire, un challenge, un livre, tout ça dans un quilt !
Today: music, a story, a challenge, a book, all in one quilt!

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Pour la 4Úme année consécutive je participe au challenge DépoussiÚre un livre de patch (Dust Off a Quilt Book) de Beaquilter, et avec son autorisation, j'invite celles qui souhaitent participer à me rejoindre.

For the 4th year in a row, I'm participating in Beaquilter's Dust Off a Quilt Book challenge, and with her authorization, I invited non-bloggers French quilters to join me.

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Le principe est simple : il s'agit de choisir un livre qui dort sur nos étagÚres et qui prend la poussiÚre, et de réaliser un projet de ce livre. Plus le livre est vieux, mieux c'est !
The idea is simple: pick a book that's been sitting on our shelves gathering dust, and make a project out of it. The older the book, the better!

Sue H. Rodgers. Trapunto: The handbook of Stuffed Quilting

Ⓘ 1990
Cela fait 20 ans que j'ai ce livre. Il m'est arrivĂ© pusieurs fois de le feuilleter, et de le refermer. 
GrĂące Ă  Bea et son challenge, cette annĂ©e est celle oĂč je ne refermerais pas ce livre sans en avoir fait quelque chose ! J'aime bien le principe du trapunto, du boutis et de toutes ces techniques de rembourrage qui mettent encore plus de relief et de volume dans un quilt. 
Et j'ai justement LE quilt parfait pour cette technique 😊

I have had this book for 20 years. I've flipped through it many times and closed it again. 
Thanks to Bea and her challenge, this is the year I won't close the book without doing something with it! I love the idea of trapunto, boutis and all the other stuffing techniques that give a quilt even more texture and volume. 
And I have just THE perfect quilt for this technique 😊

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Ce quilt, je l'ai commencé en 2020. Le top était terminé, il ne restait plus que le quilting. J'avais quelques idées, mais rien d'enthousiasmant, et puis d'autres projets plus faciles en cours... Bref, de bonnes excuses pour ne pas m'y mettre !

I started this quilt in 2020. The top was done, only the quilting was left. I had a few ideas, but nothing exciting, and then other easier projects in progress... Anyway, good excuses for not getting started!
Modern Bargello, Huahine

Pourquoi 8 bandes, pourquoi cet ordre, pourquoi ce nom ?

Why 8 stripes, why this order, why this name?

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Ce sont ces grands espaces vides en haut et en bas (en quilting, on appelle cela des "espaces nĂ©gatifs") que je voulais quilter de façon particuliĂšre. J'ai fait plein de projections en 2020, sans vraiment m'attarder sur l'une ou sur l'autre. Et Ă  l'annonce du Challenge DĂ©poussiĂšre un livre de patch, en feuilletant le livre de Sue Rodgers, c'est lĂ  que ça a fait tilt : mais oui, un Ă©lĂ©ment en relief qui rappelle le thĂšme de la musique ! C'est de ça dont a besoin ce quilt, puisque justement, le thĂšme de la musique est loin d'ĂȘtre Ă©vident Ă  premiĂšre vue.
Hyper motivĂ©e, j'ai cherchĂ© sur Internet tous les Ă©lĂ©ments qu'on peut mettre sur une partition. Au milieu de tous ces signes plus ou moins connus, plus ou moins bizarres (je rappelle que ce n'est pas moi la musicienne !) j'ai finalement dĂ©cidĂ© de m'en tenir Ă  une note simple, deux croches liĂ©es : đŸŽ”. 
Pour deux raisons : parce que c'est un signe que tout le monde reconnait comme Ă©tant de la musique, et parce que techniquement c'est beaucoup plus facile Ă  faire qu'une clef de sol par exemple.

It's those negative spaces at the top and bottom that I wanted to quilt in a special way. I made lots of projections back in 2020, without really focusing on any of them. And when the Dust off a Quilt Book Challenge was announced, while flipping through Sue Rodgers' book, that's when it clicked: but yes, an embossed element reminiscent of the music theme! That's what this quilt needs, because the music theme is far from obvious at first glance.
Highly motivated, I searched on the Internet for all the elements that can be put on a music score. In the middle of all these more or less known signs, more or less weird (I remind you that I'm not a musician !) I finally decided to stick to a simple note, two linked eighth notes: đŸŽ”.
For two reasons: because it's a sign that everyone recognizes as music, and because technically it's much easier to do than a treble clef for example.
La partition de Huahine / The music score of Huahine

Maintenant la technique. 
J'ai suivi à la lettre les instructions de Sue Rodgers, en utilisant le matériel à disposition dans mon atelier : de la laine à tricoter écrue et la plus longue aiguille que j'ai pu trouver (5,5 cm).
D'abord dĂ©toronner les brins de laine pour rĂ©duire le diamĂštre, et Ă©viter qu'elle ne soit trop Ă©lastique. Ensuite, sur l'envers, remplir les espaces avec les brins. De plus difficile c'est de savoir quand s'arrĂȘter !
Avant de me lancer j'ai hésité à utiliser de la laine rouge ou plus foncée que l'écrue, pour que le rembourrage se voit davantage en créant comme une ombre. Mais je suis contente de ma laine discrÚte.

Now the technique. 
I followed faithfully Sue Rodgers' instructions, using the materials available in my quilting studio: unbleached knitting yarn and the longest needle I could find (2 inches long).
First, untwist the plies to reduce the diameter, and the stretch. Then, on the backing, fill the spaces with the yarn. The hardest part is knowing when to stop!
Before I started, I hesitated to use red yarn or wool that was darker than the unbleached one, so that the stuffing would be more visible by creating a shadow. But I'm happy with my subdued yarn.
Et voilà, une note bien bourrée, avec un joli relief :
And there it is, a well-stuffed note, with a nice relief:

Avant et aprĂšs :
Before and after:
Une finition en facing, et voilà Huahine terminé :
A facing finition, and Huahine is done:
Finition en facing / Facing

Huahine, Modern Bargello, 22'' x 36'' (56 x 91,5 cm), 2023

Couture machine, quilté machine, trapunto
Période de réalisation : 23 heures, octobre 2020 à novembre 2021, puis mars 2023

Machine pieced, machine quilted, trapunto
Completion time: 23 hours, October 2020 to November 2021, then March 2023

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Et maintenant place aux participantes qui se sont jointes Ă  moi pour jouer avec leurs vieux livres, ou magazines :

And now, let's hear from the French participants who joined me to play with their old books or magazines. They do not have a blog, so I display their challenge here:

Sylvie : MontgolfiĂšre, Nouvelles du patchwork, mars 1991

Brigitte : Panier, Magic Patch, 1998

Catherine, L'Assemblage, 2001

Micheline, Les Nouvelles du patchwork, 1987

Bravo à toutes ! 👏👏👏
Congratulations ladies! 👏👏👏

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Venez nous retrouver et visiter les blogs participants au blog hop,
et laissez un gentil commentaire 😉

Please do visit these wonderful quilters on their days
and leave a nice comment 😉

March 6th

March 7th

March 8th

March 9th

March 10th
Quilting Patchwork Applique (c'est moi ! / it's me!)

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👀 Join me from Saturday to Wednesday for the Patchwork & Quilts link party đŸ‘€
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Commentaires

Bea a dit

What a lovely quilt and your friends did great too!
Calicojoan a dit

Your post was so delightful to read this morning. Seeing your music come to life with Trapunto, was such a treat. Congratulations to all your friends who joined you with their beautiful projects as well. Well done to all you ladies!
Julie in GA a dit

That's a great way to try a new technique, and it's wonderful to see what your friends made too!
Karrin Hurd a dit

Beautiful quilt. My MIL made us a trapunto quilt right after we got married. Thanks so much for sharing!
grammajudyb a dit

Thanks for sharing your quilt, your process and your friends! Bot did I need the video of Huahine this morning. I’m tired of winter and the gorgeous scene, lifted my spirits!
Judy Biggerstaff a dit

Beautiful work! Love the technique.
Elizabeth V Kelbaugh a dit

Love the trapunto accent for the music notes. Wonderful modern bargello quilt.
Carol Swift a dit

This is beautiful and wonderful modern look on a bargello...love it! Thank you for sharing!
Laura a dit

What a great way to finish your UFO! Now it sings! And what fun to see the non bloggers projects, too! They did wonderful! :)
Susan a dit

Your quilt is amazing and I love your choices. So nice to see what your friends did with the challenge, too, and nice of you to show us. They are a wonderfully talented group, and no wonder they are friends with you!
Liz A. a dit

Yeah, those eighth notes added just that little bit of interest to the white space. Perfect. Sometimes you have to set something aside until the right finishing element presents itself.
Quilting Gail a dit

Love your musical bargello!! The music notes work perfectly in the negative space! Thanks for sharing! :-)
Sharon a dit

Beautiful way to celebrate music and quilting! Thanks for sharing.
Quayquilter a dit

I've added you to my favourites - this is a wonderful quilt with much thought behind it. Thank you for your earlier post detailing the piecing.
Anonyme a dit

Bravo d'avoir fini ce quilt que j'aimais dĂ©jĂ  beaucoup avant le quilting. Je l'aime aussi quiltĂ© ;-) Chaque annĂ©e, le dĂ©fi du vieux livre me tente et chaque annĂ©e, je passe ma route. Peut-ĂȘtre l'annĂ©e prochaine, bien que j'aie fait un trĂšs gros tri dans mes livres quand nous avons dĂ©mĂ©nagĂ©... Bravo Ă  toutes. Bon week-end.
Gwyned Trefethen a dit

Excellent book to dust off. I happen to be contemplating doing some trapunto myself soon. I've shied away from it. Your connected 8th notes have reinforced my choice. You did a fabulous job.
Mari a dit

Wonderful quilt, and a great music note! very nice of you to invite your friends, too. What wonderful projects all around.
Sylvie a dit

Un beau rendu!
Bon Dimanche.
Mitou La Bretonne a dit

Je suis un peu perdue aujourd'hui c'est un peu compliquĂ© mais j'admire quand mĂȘme 😀
Bisous et bonne soirée
Mitou
Kathleen a dit

What a great finish and a great way to be inspired by a dusted off book. I love the old hand techniques and am always drawn to them. You did a fabulous job.
Ah fantastic!!! I love how you let this hop push you to pull a book of something you've planned forever and DID it! I have so many things I've "always wanted to do"--so many that it's starting to wear on me and lately I keep thinking this has to stop! I need to DO these things! ANYhoo, I love your quilt and how you worked in the trupunto. It's just beautiful and I bet you look upon it with great satisfaction and finally doing it! Well done!
Miaismine a dit

Your first line in this post is certainly an attention grabber! Lovely quilting! What a great challenge! Thank you for sharing this unique quilting technique! Lovely quilts!
Awesome, Fred!!! I love the story with your quilt! And it's fun to see your friends' quilts, too!!!
chrisknits a dit

Now I want to do Trapunto!!! Off to find a pattern. LOL Lovely quilt.
The Joyful Quilter a dit

Your Modern Bargello looks great in red and white! LOVE the music note quilting!!
AnnieO a dit

Amazing job transferring that prompt to your beautiful design. Congratulations!

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