"Spring"
I love the iris. To me it's the hummingbird of the rooted things in the garden. I had some log cabin blocks left over from another project, so I made a couple more, stitched them together, then cut them down to fit this challenge. I created the iris from a photo of some purple irises from my own garden. I made it white because it shows up so beautifully against the dark greens of the background blocks. I drew it with Tsukineko inks on plain white cotton, backed it with stabilizer, then stitched over it before I layered with batting and backing. Then I added a bit more stitching to give it all a bit more dimension.
Beautiful Karen, I love irises. I like your background and quilted foliage.
ReplyDeleteLovely piece, Karen!!!! Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteI adore Iris too. That was my second choice for this challenge to sew / quilt / thread paint an iris I had silk painted years ago.
ReplyDeleteYours is lovely.
What a beautiful use of left overs....makes for the perfect garden backdrop for your iris. Love it.
ReplyDeleteYour flower is wonderful, and putting it on the pieced background was perfect!
ReplyDeleteLove it Karen. I particularly like how well the background works with a mixture of straight and on point setting of the blocks/partial blocks. Very effective.
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