charismah

My own quilt! YAY!
Last month my quilting group got together and the technique was painting on fabric. We had a sample piece that the gal had painted of a poppy. So we all painted our version of the poppy.......some enjoyed it..some got free with their version.

At the end a few girls gave me their poppies and "challenged" me to make something from them...Some couldn't part with them (perfectly fine...because now I don't know that I could part with this!)

SO I just made this quilt as I went along...I love the way it turned out...I love Kaffe fabrics....and this chrysanthemum fabric had just enough of the right colors and boldness this quilt needed..I knew I was going to use it right away....I had teased my friend Sally during the painting (she didn't care much for the painting ...I think)..that her "Imagine" flower was a Mum. So I thought this Kaffe was appropriate...plus Sally dislikes KAffe fabric very much!
:mrgreen:

Anyway ...after the piecing was done....I struggled with how to quilt it...(I do with all of my own quilts..I have no idea why). I kept envisioning BIG Poppy flowers.......so I did that and matched some swirls with it because that is what we had painted with our Poppies. I also added texture anywhere there were patches ....pebbling in various spots like the seed pods..black frame et....The border I just wanted to give those big mums some definition..not take away from them...so I tried to go in and just accent the movement in each flower...my eyes were getting tired at 2am...I wouldn't have kept going if it was a customer quilt...but figured I was safe on my own....because I won't be to hard on myself.

So this is my own quilt...I am hoping they all let me keep it..I love it so...

I quilted everything freehand on my INNOVA. I used HObbs poly down batting.

Thanks for looking.