Monday, October 17, 2011

Shades of Autumn for Norma


Norma in CA. was so thrilled with the little fabric birthday card that I sent for her 92nd birthday ( posted August 16, 2011 ), that I thought I would make her a little autumn themed piece. I silk screened the chrysanthemum's and then fused them on the background. Some are completely fused but 4 are only attached in the middle so that the petals could be lifted up.
This was a new technique which I will use again sometime. I also tried a little free motion stitching for the first time, which was inspired by the new book Sew Wild by Alisa Burke.

4 comments:

  1. Wow, Andrea, you are full of new tricks! BRAVA

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  2. Andrea, this is beautiful! Great job for your first free motion stitching!

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  3. Andrea, I love this quilt! I am so happy that you posted about it. I remember your mentioning you were going to make it, and what a thrill now to see it. I clicked on it to see it bigger, and that was so great, to see it enlarged!

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  4. Thank you for your comments. Norma received the quilt on Monday and left a very appreciative message on my phone. She asked the care home maintenance person to hang it on her wall where she could see it. My work has never been about trying to "say" something, but about ( hopefully ) making the viewer smile, and I'm happy that I seem to have accomplished that with this small piece.

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