As soon as I read this joke, I knew what I would do for this challenge !!
On the first day of a marriage retreat the instructor talked about the importance of knowing what matters to each other. For example he said, pointing to my husband David, "do you know your wife's favorite flower?" David grinned and answered with confidence, "Pillsbury, All Purpose".
Here is my sixties homage to the Pillsbury dough boy and some of the goodies enjoyed by a lover of this kind of flour!!! The flour bag, plate, bread, cookies, and dough boy are hand sketched. I made a stencil for the word pillsbury and painted the circle and dots with fabric paint. The red banner and wheat are fused. The bread, cookies (painted separately and fused onto plate) and plate are colored in with Inktense pencils. The dough boy is made with two layers of very thin batting fused and stitched on and then shaded with Inktense pencils. The chocolate chips and crumbs are embellished with a few beads. Lovin' From the Oven is written with pencil and filled in with Inktense pencils. The piece is machined quilted. To complete the look I used a bias stripe and tiny ricrac in complementary colors. I had sooooo much fun working on this challenge!!
Absolutely precious Nedra! Love the joke, design and all the various techniques you used...it does look like you had the best time making your quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis is precious in so many ways! To have that special moment and now make it a quilt is wonderful. Thanks for sharing your techniques for making it. The rick rack and spiral strip binding really sets it off. Plus those goodies sure look delicious! Judy S.
ReplyDeleteWhat a humorous and loving story, Nedra. You totatlly captured the 1960s with your colors, the rick-rack and of course, your perfect little Pillsbury Dough Boy, and thanks for sharing your techniques. Delightful!
ReplyDeleteOh, I was so hoping someone would choose to depict flour rather than flowers! So I practically burst into applause when I saw your quilt. And the story behind it is so charming. The composition is perfect, all the hard work you put into the quilt is apparent, and overall this quilt earns a blue ribbons for ingenuity and effort. It is perfection!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful quilt. Love your dough boy and the quilt. Your techniques are perfect.
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