My entry for this month’s Quilting Arts Magazine ‘In the Garden’ Reader Challenge is finished and has been submitted. It was a lot of fun to recreate the effect of the sun and shadows on the clump of iris leaves, using a very limited color palette of fabric and thread.
Here’s a peak at how I constructed it. I did most of the machine stitching before I quilted the piece. This allowed me to stitch the background leaves before fusing on the foreground leaves. Plus, I didn’t have to bury all those thread ends! After layering it with batting and backing, I quilted around the edges of the 4 foreground leaves.
Next up will be my entry for the Modern Quilt Guild Riley Basics challenge. VMQG members received a package of 6 fat eighths at our December meeting. I’ve been debating exactly what to do for my entry, as I have several ideas and not much fabric. At our meeting Monday night, I scored an extra bundle (some members decided not to participate, so there were leftover bundles). Now I only have to narrow it down to two ideas, instead of just one!
I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday. Click on the buttons below to see all the creative people participating and check out the projects they’re working on.
Beautiful! Congrats!
Congratulations!! I just love this look…and wish I had the artsy side in me to do something like this. Love it!
Your “In the Garden” came out wonderful!
I love the way the leaves bend over — took me forever to figure out how to draw that! Now I use it way too often when I draw a bunch of leaves or grasses! i don’t subscribe to QA any more (costs way too much) but am wishing you best of luck on your entry.
It’s fantastic, Terry!
Did you do that stitching with a your regular foot not free motion?
Great leaves!
REALLY lovely job, Terry! Well done.
great job Terry! will be looking forward to seeing what you create for the challenge
It looks beautiful, very effective. Good luck with the challenge.
wow that is gorgeous! I am totally in awe of skills like that!
Stopping by from Lee’s hop
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So beautiful! I am inspired!!
love it
I love how this piece turned out.
Those leaf look so lifelike that they might just grow!