Texture - Judith Clarke - "Mandrake"

                                                       My Texture Quilt, Mandrake.

                                   

I've wanted to create a Mandrake Root for ages, and this challenge gave me the ideal opportunity to do so. 

I started first with his branches, winding roughly torn fabric around thin wire to enable me be able to bend them. I then attached leaves to them.

                                                                     

                                       

The mandrake himself was next. He's made from 3 layers of fabric. I attached two together first, drawing him with free motion on my machine, padded from the back his features such as eyebrows lips etc. Then stitched him to the third layer and then padded the whole of him. Finally painting him. When dry I cut around him ready to attach him to his background quilt.

                                    

Next I prepared the background fabric. I quilted three layers together, appliquing back ground leaves and drawing with my sewing machine the smaller roots playing behind the main one. They were then painted too.

                                       

                                  

Once happy with the background I attached the Mandrake, adding his branches as I did and adding threads to his feet for his roots. Put the binding on, added some seed stitches as quilting and small pebble like beads to indicate ground. I've really enjoyed making this quilt. I set myself some real challenges and used techniques new to me. Hope you like him. Mr Texture.