In the second half of our Floral Improv class the students added stems and leaves to their compositions. First, we discussed how much each student wanted her foliage to show up. A little or a lot? This dictated her fabric choice. You’ll see very different preferences in these photos. (These photos were all taken at the end of our six hour class.)
Karen’s quilt: low contrast stems, but high contrast leaves
Linda chose low contrast leaves and stems
This maker chose low contrast foliage. However, I’m not sure if this made by Debi or Faye, since they were sharing an iPad. Help me out, ladies.
And here’s the other one made by either Debi or Faye. Here, the foliage is fairly high contrast, but not enough to over power the flowers.
Kara’s choice
Mary Ellen really wanted to show off beautiful curving stems so she made them high contrast. She wisely omitted the leaves, since she already had enough going on.
Kate selected a VERY low contrast fabric for stems and leaves. However, she’ll add contrasting stitching for definition. You can see a leaf on the left where she’s already started.
Finally, the students learned how to add definition to their poppies with contrasting stitching. It makes a huge difference!
See Marsha’s poppies bottom left.
Deb got all her poppies stitched in class and they really came to life!
With 17 students, this class was almost full. That gave us plenty of energy, but we still covered A LOT of ground! I had a wonderful day with these ladies!
Ellen Lindner
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