WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT!

 WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT!

Finishing UPF's (Unfinished projects)

 
I've recently been pulling out some old projects, that got stashed into a drawer and never finished.  These are pieces that I liked, at the time, but, was also bored with them and not sure where I wanted to go with them.  Since I started some of these UFP's, I have learned a lot more about being creative and using a variety of supplies, that I wouldn't have owned much less had the courage to use. 

It's fun to be able to put new skills and collected supplies into action.

This Cone Flower piece was the first one I pulled out.
This photo shows it with some changes I'd already made, when  I thought to start taking pictures of the process of finishing it.

It was originally just the flower with the burgundy and blue border. Yuck!

Bits of grass have been added, using Misty Fuse, to give some weight to the flower.  I used a Faber-Castell artist's pen to add bits of brown seed and grass into the green fused grass.
Orange bits of hand dyed silk give some vibrancy and whimsy to the border.




 


 I free motion quilted a grass with seed heads design and did some echo quilting around the flower head.

The seed heads weren't showing up, so, I colored them in, again using Faber-Castell artist's pen.

 
I used an orange rayon thread to quilt the free motion spiral design into the narrow burgundy border. The same thread was used to quilt the orange strips in the border.

After rummaging around in my "trims draw", I came up with this green, lacy trim that I quilted onto the border.  It subdued the original blue fabric and gave texture to the border, which complimented the grass.

The width of the green trim convinced me of what I already suspected - the blue border was too wide.

I trimmed to the edge of the green lacy trim.

Using pastels, a glittery All Purpose ink and the Faber-Castell pens, I added in shading on and around the flower, the grass and in the "sky".

The edge was finished using a tri-loble polyester, thread and a free motion zig zag stitch.

Metallic butterflies and a turtle were sewn on.

 Before finishing the edge, I fused a piece of heavy duty interfacing onto the back of the quilt.  Then I caught it in with the edge stitching.  The interfacing gives enough stability to allow the quilt to be hung with a cord made out of crocheted Fire Line.

I was also able to sign the back of the quilt.  

The piece measures 11"x 17".








It has been donated to the Berea Arts Council Art Auction Fundraiser.

The opening reception is Friday, January 18th, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, the Berea Arts Council on Main St. in Berea, KY

 As you are taking classes and buying goodies at the local quilt shop or a quilt show, remember , you will use all that knowledge and those supplies, when the time is right !
                                                                                                 Enjoy,  
                                                                                                       Karen ;-)