Yummy Fruit is complete. Now on to Tuscany!!!!!!
Hello! I imagine many of you have been outside the past few weeks watching as the landscape changes. I have.
Things are blooming everywhere and I love to take closeup photos of the flowers around me. I am amazed at how detailed each flower is and the translation to wool appliqué and embroidery seems like an easy thing. Here are some recent photos from my garden. Can you think of stitches you would use to reproduce some of the details you see?
In my last post I showed you how I use photos to gain ideas and also details. Today I will show you "Yummy Fruit", the final wall quilt. I had taken some time off from stitching to write up the pattern for this and also "Eat Your Veggies". Both are on my website if you are interested in a pattern. www.felicequiltdesigns.com
I have designed a new piece and it will be a larger one than what I have created before. It includes many of the photo images I shot while on vacation in Tuscany, Italy two years ago. For those of you that have visited Italy, you too, must have wonderful photos to remind you of the trip. If you are from Italy I hope it brings back great memories.
I am simplifying the shapes and created the piece in colors I remember from my trip. I hope you enjoy seeing it as the piece comes together. Here's one of the corner blocks. I plan on doing a little bit more stitching on this one.
The stitches I used on this block are Bullion, Stem and Pekinese.
My website gives instructions on how to create the three stitches listed. Check it out on the Stitch of the Month page.
www.felicequiltdesigns.com
Now is the time to get outside with your cameras and look for details. Even if you use someone else's pattern you can still add your own details to enhance the quilt with more visual information and YOUR creativity!!!
Have fun!
Felice
Things are blooming everywhere and I love to take closeup photos of the flowers around me. I am amazed at how detailed each flower is and the translation to wool appliqué and embroidery seems like an easy thing. Here are some recent photos from my garden. Can you think of stitches you would use to reproduce some of the details you see?
In my last post I showed you how I use photos to gain ideas and also details. Today I will show you "Yummy Fruit", the final wall quilt. I had taken some time off from stitching to write up the pattern for this and also "Eat Your Veggies". Both are on my website if you are interested in a pattern. www.felicequiltdesigns.com
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| Yummy Fruit |
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| Eat Your Veggies |
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| Tuscany corner block |
I am simplifying the shapes and created the piece in colors I remember from my trip. I hope you enjoy seeing it as the piece comes together. Here's one of the corner blocks. I plan on doing a little bit more stitching on this one.
The stitches I used on this block are Bullion, Stem and Pekinese.
My website gives instructions on how to create the three stitches listed. Check it out on the Stitch of the Month page.
www.felicequiltdesigns.com
Now is the time to get outside with your cameras and look for details. Even if you use someone else's pattern you can still add your own details to enhance the quilt with more visual information and YOUR creativity!!!
Have fun!
Felice
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