New Technique: Pastel over FMQ on Art Quilt
 

Come see the effect of pastels over FMQ. I made this quilt in 2007. The flower petals were not quilted. The quilt looked very flat. The flower centers did not have the stamen, and other details. I added all of those and was surprised the most at what the addition of oil pastel to the FMQ did. After finishing, I let it air dry and then ironed with a white cloth over the top. They will not be washed, so that is not a concern. The picture below is just a sample. Thanks for looking.

Really nice work!!!

That is just beautiful! Great quilt and quilting and the pastels sure add a nice touch! Great job!

Wonderful detail , they look so real.

a very nice added touch

That is gorgeous.

Love art quilts and you definitely put the pizzaz in this one!

What an amazing difference! Never hurts to experiment, does it?

Terrific! Love the way the flowers turned out!

Very realistic with a 3-D effect. Using oil pastels makes your work just pop. Love the white you added for the light effect.

you are quite the artist, beautiful

I love your technique, it is beautiful. I have been wanting to try oil pastels on fabric, but so little time to try new things.

Stunning work!

I forgot to mention that part. Thank you for noticing.

Very Pretty, I love the painted accent, it really sets it off.

beautiful quilting, really added alot to it.

Just beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing a great idea!

very nice quilt............

You've given it that artistic touch; very nice!

Those are gorgeous!

What a great technique.

How interesting as I am now in the process of quilting a poppy wall hanging from Edyta Sitar and I do have the seed pods in the centers and intend to sew black stamens in and put black seed beads on the ends. Barely got started yesterday, only got about six petals stitched down. I didn't totally like the color of green that I used on most of the buds, so I took crayon to them. Still have to heat blot them.

Beautiful! Like your accents with the pastels.

Wow! Pastels make those roses pop.

Very, very nice. Thanks for sharing.

It looks wonderful. The oil pastels take a long time to really really dry. Time will cure them. The flowers look wonderful and the addition of your pastels made them dimensional. I love using them. It is fun.

outstanding job!

Beautiful work.

That;s gorgeous. Ive never used paint or such, just thread and fabrics

I love how the shading add so much to the flowers.

Beautiful!!! :)

that's great! hope you will join us on the art quilt challenge! you will inspire us, and maybe we'll inspire you, too!

That's a very nice effect. Thanks for sharing it.

Very nice work!!

It does look great!!

Turned them into a work of art!

Whatever you did really makes the flowers pop. I'm not sure what oil pastels are. Are they just oil paint like you would use on canvas? Or special paints you would just use on fabric. Did you paint them after the flowers were quilted? Or before? Again lovely work!

Very pretty....the extra quilting sure did make a difference.....

Very pretty!!

Very pretty!