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Journal Quilts 2008 - March

Sun Reawakens
Sun Reawakens

Technique(s):
Machine pieced and appliqued. Machine and hand stitch, free-motion quilted, walking-foot quilted. Painted with acrylics on stitch sampler. Procion dyed. Dyed batting. Recycled bits of quilt edges. Drawn thread work. Zig-zagged edge.

Sewing Machine(s): Berninas, treadle and electric.

Materials:
Cotton and loosely-woven linen fabric; acrylic paint and Procion dyes; cotton batting, some dyed.

Inspiration:
Gold becomes orange shades to red. The sun resumes his rightful place in the sky, and all of Nature blooms, blossoms, warms, stretches, revives, reawakens...

For Sale £30