Finally, day three back at my sewing machine!! The bowls got more ideas flowing than I have had in a long time. Night before last, I went to bed and thought about trying some more with creating the look of stained glass again like I did with my "Stained Glass and Ferns" quilt, but on a smaller scale. This link shows the earlier piece in progress, and here is the finished quilt that did a bit of traveling to various shows and won a couple ribbons.
Here are the two works in progress that I have so far-
This began with a simple Maple leaf sunprint that I surrounded with some fused crazy patch in neutral tones, then added a stained glass border. I will be binding this with black yarn as I did my first one. I still have to quilt this also.
This second piece has a sunprint of ferns and flowers with same border ideas as the Maple piece above. I also have to do the quilting and may even do some beading….. still thinking about that. I have used so much black thread with all the satin stitching used for the piecing.
Also today I have a photo of a plant that bloomed before I got to see it. There is a seed pod forming, so I hopefully will have baby seedlings popping up for more in the coming years.
The Winter Aconite (too lazy right now to look up the botanical name… wow, my brain isn't what it used to be- I used to know all of my plants' both names) is just about the first flower to bloom here in PA with pretty yellow daisies. The foliage is very pretty and in coming years, I will have to press some for sunprinting. I only had a tiny piece of root for this and was really surprised it survived the poor care it got last summer stuck in a pot with something else. Next year I will have to look at my gardens sooner!
I am a former textile artist and new pattern designer with a degree in horticulture, wishing to share my love of nature, flowers and gardens with everyone through my photos, sunprinted fabrics, and now pattern designs. Chronic Lyme Disease has caused major changes to the direction my life. I have to limit the amount of time spent digging in my gardens, and quilting has become more difficult. I discovered pattern design as a way to get art back into my life. I now use my gardens and photos to inspire designs that can be used on fabrics and print on demand items.
