Saturday 21 May 2011

A Flower Cloth - in progress ....

Inspired by Christi Beckmann's article in the Quilting Arts Magazine Issue 50, I decided to have a go at making a Flower Cloth.  I already have quite a few pieces of dyed (in a coffee jar) fabric, so I decided on a brightly coloured piece, then stamped it, stencilled and sprayed it, drew on it etc., sandwiched it up and started to stitch it.  I've done some more work on it since I took this picture.

So far I have only quilted the top third, but it is coming along nicely, so I thought I'd share it with you.  The piece is approximately 15" x 33" and below are some closeups of the finished bits, so far.





Lots more to do, but I am rather enjoying the process, and will keep you posted as I progress.
Till next time .........

9 comments:

Suztats said...

This is lovely, Val! It looks like a wonderful and sunny spring day and I wonder how you'll be using this fabric.

Doreen G said...

Wow Val this is looking good--well done.

Maggi said...

Loving this Val. Great to see some of your stitching again.

Angela said...

It's beautiful.

Mandi said...

That's looking lovely Val, would be a lovely garden to have afternoon tea in!!

Laura lok said...

wow this is beautiful. I just started quilting but have been looking at that magazine for awhile and now they are offering it digitally I am really tempted to order all the cds. can't wait to see more of your creativity.

Nadege, said...

Just beautiful.

Debbi Baker said...

This is just stunning Val!

Heather said...

I can't wait to see it again Val - it's beautiful and the colours are glorious. You should send a pic of it to Quilting Arts - they'd love it too.