Snowflake - Laurie Ceesay - "Snow Princess"

 Today is reveal day for the Snowflake Challenge. I was not feeling like thinking about winter/snowflakes/ice when the weather is hot and summery in Upper Michigan so I procrastinated a bit. I found a package of plastic sparkly snowflakes from the dollar store in a spot they shouldn't have been but they gave me an idea. A chose a snow princess with the plastic snowflakes as part of a crown. I found a blue statement necklace on the clearance rack at Gordman's in Green bay WI. I saved it from clearance sadness, removed the chains and flipped it upside down and hand tacked it to the quilt. 

For fabric I pulled cool icy fabrics from my stash including a blue and a white hand dyed velvet. I used the velvets for the winter coat. I found the two "disco ball" silver shimmery fabrics which I used for the hair. The skin was a white batik.

I printed two sizes of a simple snowflake on foundation paper and placed them on the chest, chin and cheekbones with pins. I stitched the design in place and removed the foundation paper. I selected a iridescent sequin and a bead for in the center of the snowflake on the chest. All the stitched snowflakes had iridescent nail polish painted on them for emphasis.

This is a close up photo of the snow princess's crown with the plastic snowflakes and the necklace.