After attending Vikki Pignatelli's workshop at our guild last May, and having her billet with me for five nights, I was enthused with her machine applique method. My subject of choice was a wild peony rose photographed in the sierras north of Seville, Spain in 2008. Using Vikki's method of applique and my photo enlargement techniques for paper templates learned making fractured quilts (Katie Pasquini Masopust) I set about the challenge. As with the fractured quilts, I enjoyed the preliminary artwork. Starting at the centre of the flower I slowly worked outwards. All the fabric pieces cut from the paper templates, were sewed onto Pellon stabiliser using a full sized paper guide underneath for accurate placement. As it grew in size, I added sections of stabliser joining it with Stitch Witchery tape. The machine quilting was done on my Janome 6260 again working from the centre. It was a little unwieldy but perserverance won out in the end. I made some of the fabric pieces myself (parts of the background) dyeing fine muslin and ironing it in natural 'scrunches' onto brown homespun, and quilted over wash-away stabliser. The finished piece is so large I'll have trouble fitting it onto any of the walls in the house! It is probably better suited to a hotel lobby! It certainly needs to be viewed from a little distance. I plan to enter it in some exhibitions this year if possible. I suppose I spent about five months in total making it. Now I have a nice tidy studio as I ponder my next project.... Check it out on:
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