Muses

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"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck." ~Emma Goldman 
Flowers and leaves have always been my biggest inspiration in my art, my Muses as it were.  They are my go-to design and a natural choice for me when I wanted to make a whole cloth appliqué quilt.  I layered my quilt by Mistyfusing a piece of ice dyed fabrics to 80/20 wool felt, and then used 505 basting spray to baste the black over the the ice dyed fabric.  Next I free motion quilted the entire piece, leaving the insides of the flowers open so that I could cut them away and reveal the ice dyed fabric.

I am submitting my quilt to the Bloggers Quilt Festival.
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Comments

Sylvia said…
I love this piece! So glad you entered it!
October 26, 2014 at 10:57 PM
Lynda said…
Lisa, Love, love, love this piece. I'm off to vote. Thanks for the inspiration today. I've been thinking about doing something like this and just couldn't get my mind around it. Now I can do it. Wow! Thanks.
October 27, 2014 at 5:50 AM
Teresa Duryea Wong said…
Very interesting technique and a cool quilt.
October 27, 2014 at 7:04 AM
Kate said…
Beautifully done. Love the blues you used in the flowers, the black certainly makes them pop.
October 28, 2014 at 7:00 PM
spin-kreativ said…
I also love flowers and leaves. Yours is really beautiful
October 31, 2014 at 2:33 PM
Hilary Florence said…
The flowers look luminous! I've yet to try ice dying but it certainly worked for this quilt
October 31, 2014 at 3:14 PM
Joanne Grimes said…
Creativity keeps us all looking! Great work!
November 1, 2014 at 10:55 AM
dq said…
Sounds like a fun technique process. This quilt is beyond wonderful!
November 8, 2014 at 9:19 AM
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