Vermont Gems
Raw edge applique, hand painted, commercial cottons, machine quilted
12' X 12"
I moved to Vermont in 1979 and was thrilled to experience many "firsts" there. Some of these included seeing many feet of snow, below zero temperature, snow skiing, sugar on snow parties, snow shoveling and of course Fall Leaf Peeping!! The colorful leaves looked like gems on the branches to me after having seen little more than brown leaves in Louisiana.
I choose to spotlight the leaves and their glorious hues in this piece. I hand painted most of the fabric. I did use one commercial batik for the sweet gum leaves but dabbled a bit of paint on those. The leaves are machine stitched onto the background. The larger ones that extend beyond the edges are double sided and 3 dimensional. I used a commercial fabric for the background and scattered them over it to look like they were on the ground in the woods.
