Monday, September 17, 2018

Back Yard Beauty

Back Yard Beauty
36 x 36"
Hand dyed (by artist) cotton sateen, hand painted commercial black fabric, cotton thread
fused applique, extensive thread work, machine quilted
To be exhibited at International Quilt Festival, Houston 2018, as part of the Power of Women exhibit.
Step-by-step progress photos at this previous post.



Also on exhibit in the show as part of the Hands All Around special exhibit:

Dizzy Miss Lizzy
52 x 54", cotton fabrics, machine pieced and quilted


15 comments:

works4me said...

Stunning.

Nann said...

Splendiferous indeed! And congratulations on having it accepted in the Quilt Festival.

Denise :) said...

These are both beauties ... but I especially love your colorway in Dizzy Miss Lizzy! :)

dapples said...

Wow the work and beauty! Timeconsuming probably but well worth it

Sharon said...

Gorgeous quilt!

Nancy in NV-wheres the dude at blogspot said...

This is a beautiful quilt. I love the contrast between the flower and background and awesome thread painting. Thanks for sharing.

Quilting Babcia said...

This is gorgeous!

Heidi said...

Gorgeous, leaves me ( almost ) speechless !

sherry said...

nice thread painting ... beautiful work

Shannon said...

What a stunning design! So inspiring!

Kris said...

The colors of your flower petals are so beautiful. Lovely flower as a whole.

LuAnn Kessi said...

Such drama and beautifull done.....nice work.

LuAnn Kessi in Western Oregon
https://luannkessi.blogspot.com/

Patty said...

Gorgeous!

Tracie @ Riceford Streams said...

Beautiful art!

janequiltsslowly said...

This is so gorgeous! Your post about the process is really great! Thank you for sharing this marvel.