Thursday, February 13, 2020

Progress.... and SHOT fabric

The quilt I’m working on is cotton Shot fabric, in solids and stripes, it has an iridescent quality to it, depending on what angle you view it. This is especially apparent in silk content fabrics.

 A "shot" is a single throw of the bobbin that carries the weft thread through the warp, and shot silk colours can be described as "[warp colour] shot with [weft colour]. Wikipedia




SHOT COTTON
Shot Cotton is typically a low-thread count woven cotton fabric with a two tone effect created by using two different colors for the warp and weft fibers. fabric.com





SHOT SILK - CHANGEANT
Shot silk (also called changeant, changeable silk and changeable taffeta) is a fabric which is made up of silkwoven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an iridescent appearance. A "shot" is a single throw of the bobbin that carries the weft thread through the warp, and shot silk colours can be described as "[warp colour] shot with [weft colour]." The weaving technique can also be applied to other fibres such as cotton, linen, and synthetics. Wikipedia 





Progress on quilt, all blocks are completed, assembly next.
Gratefully, I have 6 extra large blocks, in case I find some duds, and I have fabric left over.




This is the center of the quilt, made up of the smaller blocks, this will be the largest size quilt I have ever attempted.


My trimmings pile ;), it reminds me of cousin It, in the Addams Family


I may never look at another stripe again.


More to come....

2 comments:

celkalee said...

Thanks for the wonderful explanation of "shot" fabrics. And the quilt, wow!

ELMO said...

You won't believe how much it's shrinking.