Showing posts with label painted fabrics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painted fabrics. Show all posts

Monday, March 26, 2012

March Free Motion Challenge

Last summer I painted a piece of white fabric with some Setacolor paints, in some pretty (and very pink) flower designs.

So, I never did anything with it, it was just sitting in a pile of UFOs.

This month's challenge on SewCalGirl's blog was presented by Ann Fahl, and she presented a tutorial about free-motioning flowers and leaf shapes. So I got out some black thread, made a quilt sandwich with this piece of fabric, and started sewing.



I outlined the flower petals, then did some pebbling in the centers. I used some YLI Soft Touch thread in black (the only black thread I had).



And here are some of the smaller flowers--





I think the large flowers look like peonies. Lots of thread tails to be buried still!




The finished piece is about 18" wide by 30" long. Now what should I do with it??