Poppy Project Underway

As I told you in a previous post, I’ve been needing a new sample for my class “Design Your Own Nature Quilt.”  After selecting an inspiration photo and drawing a sketch, I got started.

First I selected fabrics.

And then got started on the background.

I typically use a lot of different fabrics for the background. That works especially well here.

I “jagged cut” everything, which works perfectly for foliage.  I included some stripes, grids, circles, and even a little color. I love the added interest! Notice, too, that I made the background lighter at the bottom, just as it is in my inspiration photo.

(Did you notice that I did this flat on a table, rather than on my design wall?  That’s because I was visiting a friend.  But, it’s also the way my students work in this class.)

On to the flowers.  I had a beautiful bit of hand dyed fabric that I thought I could use for the first flower. Yes, perfect!

Once home, I set up things on the design wall in my conventional fashion. And I began to audition flower fabric combinations.

Next, I tackled the largest flower and was quite happy with the results.

Perhaps you can make out the center marks on the background above.  This helped me with placement since I added a  similar mark to my sketch.

With just a little more effort the remaining two flowers were completed and it was on to auditioning fabrics to use for stems.

I’ll show you more in the next post.

*I just started an online version of this class a few days ago.  There’s plenty of time to join in, if you’re interested.  Full details here.

Ellen Lindner