I started this wall hanging in June 2018 at a quilting retreat. Laid the paper pattern I made a while ago, on top of the black linen fabric and stitched over the outline by machine with light yellow thread. Tore the pattern out and this is how it looked.
Backed with two layers of black fleece instead of stabilizer.
I used Sulky sun yellow gunold thread to thread paint, free motion style, inside the big arabic lettering which says "Allahu" meaning God. When I finished sewing it was scrunched a bit because of all the thread. So I added stabilizer to the small lettering "Jalla Jalaluhu" which means "His Majesty be glorified". Adding the stabilizer was a bad idea as it was super thick and broke many machine needles and because I used metallic thread, it was overheating the machine. After a few tries, I hand sew the lettering with golden embroidery floss.
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| Hand sewn with gold embroidery thread. |
Great job on the thread painting. I also have tried metallic and it is so so hard so not surprised you had to hand sew. It can be so sensitive.
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