Starting with project quilting's prompt, "inspired by your birthstone color" For me it's
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"emerald" |
I started with collecting inspiration photos online, and printing them onto one sheet of paper.
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| see the images printed out there on the table? |
if I had more than one week for this (and didn't start 4 days in! lol) I might have done the emerald city, or a palm frond. I cut out 3 paper hearts, taped them together, and cut the shape out of a precious hand painted piece of green fabric.
ironed on crystals in a copper leaf shape, and spiral, adding a word on a disc. See a bit how beautiful the painted fabric is? metallic shiny green on dark green. Subtle yet deep. 
I thought about hand stitching this green trim around it, after it was done.... not sure if I want to yet...
While working on this, I also considered how to add a row of quarter square log cabin blocks for this week's stay-at-home-round-robin quilt...
this one is okayyyyyy but.....
I like the stages up to the slice blocks and this one. It's too busy for a small quilt right now. I'm considering remaking the log cabins in the same size strip, and limiting the number to simplify the lines. Later maybe.... I'm having trouble keeping up with two challenges a week plus the rainbow scrap challenge
the shape is also wonky.... I backed it in a blue scrap gifted to me long ago from a bee mate
and decided it's prettier on this side! The fabric is full of images all on top of each other, but this fussy cut one illustrated how cropping an image often looks better. See the bit of woman peeking in from the left side there? It's always a challenge free motion quilting on this older machine as the feed dogs don't properly drop.
I stitched that to a backing of emerald colored solid fabric, some peltex stabilizer. and quilted it with
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| emerald rayon thread in free motion leaves |
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| quilting lines |
it's hanging over the fireplace now for St. Pat's day
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| again printing out inspiration photos to hang on the design wall |
deciding to use the repro feedsack fabrics again but not liking this layout.
I had pulled out blue triangles to sew up some wonky geese blocks, to warm un my creative time
then sewed tiny blue scraps together into this mug rug
still, glad to have a machine at all at the moment
3 comments:
The shamrock is awesome!!
you did a great job on the challenge this time!
That shamrock is gorgeous! And I like BOTH sides of the coffee mug rug!
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