The challenge for this week’s Project Quilting Season 13.2 inspired me: “In Silhouette”. Participants have only a week to begin and finish a quilted item for the challenge, and it took me a few days just to come up with the idea.
But once I did get the idea, I was off and running or should I say off and sewing)! I found the perfect fabric for the background from my stash of hand dyed and painted fabric. It reminded me of a sunset.
I free motion quilted the background first using a variety of variegated threads. Next I fused Steam-a-Seam 2 onto my black fabric and cut out the shapes and fused them to the background.
Then the black shapes were quilted with black thread, and I thread sketched the blades a bit to give them the look of grass or cattails. Blowing in the breeze.
I finished it off with a simple black binding, adding folded corners on the top corners for hanging.
Done and ready to enter in this week’s challenge. And it’ll be for sale in my shop later today.
Until next time, HAPPY QUILTING!
Jane, Mulberry Patch Quilts
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Really pretty. All those delicate stalks!
I like the thread painting on the blades!
Love it!
This is so pretty Jane. I love the thread sketching on the grasses and cat tails!
What a beautiful background for your sweet bird silhouette!
This is STUNNING!
This is just lovely! The bird is quite happy to hang out amongst the cattails.