{"product_id":"jingle-bells","title":"Jingle Bells","description":"\"Jingle Bells\" reflects Kathy's memories of a family Christmas sleigh rides.\u003cp\u003eKathy really wanted the snow in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJingle Bells\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e to look like a watercolor painting done with fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Statement by Kathy McNeil from Superior Threads:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJingle Bells\u003c\/strong\u003e took about 800 hours to make. My goal was to have the snow look like a watercolor painting of snow. A huge percentage of this quilt would be white and I did not want it to clump together in one big white blob. A variety of white prints were used and I over-dyed many of them with my transparent paint crayons. The crayons are a high end art medium for use on canvas and they work wonderfully on fabric, too. Most of the shading was achieved using these crayons on commercially printed fabrics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe sky is a hand painted piece, by me, to reflect the lavenders that I used in the snow. Texture was created on the horses with embroidered eye lashes. I used a machine to add thread embellishments in the tack for the horses bridles. The jingle bells are made with gold lame cut out over black. Each one is trapuntoed with extra batting for dimension. The viewer can find all kinds of sparkle in the snow created with hand sewn sequins, hot fix crystals and a commercial bridal fabric that had sequins attached to a mesh like overlay. Gold metallic thread was used to create the lettering across the bottom (not shown in this photo) and then real jingle bells were attached. These special touches really help my quilt come to life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJingle Bells\u003c\/strong\u003e won four international Viewer's Choice awards and is one of my personal favorites, too. It is currently proudly on display at Superior Threads' headquarters in St. George, Utah.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kathy McNeil \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eQuilter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kathy McNeil \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear Made:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014 \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOwned By:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0 x 0 inches \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eShows \u0026amp; Museums:\u003c\/strong\u003e Road to California \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Director´s Choice award at Road to California 2014 and Most Humorous \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathy McNeil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54049643921683,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/4575\/5155\/files\/491-jingle-bells-42-1640213451.jpg?v=1776191067","url":"https:\/\/gallery.thequiltshow.com\/products\/jingle-bells","provider":"The Quilt Show Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}