Friday, March 8, 2013

Project Quilting Challenge #5

 
I just thought this challenge the coolest!  PRINT PUBLICATIONS - we had to chose at random and without peeking - a publication to use page #28.  The only thing I get in my house is the weekly community flyer - and that only went to page 21.  So I asked my SIL to grab any magazine she had sitting around and bring it down - without any hint as to what I needed it for.
  

Oh, I lucked out as page 28 had all this to chose inspiration from.  I could have been trying to be inspired by hearing aids!  I love the horse, but not inspired.  The waterfall was interesting, but lacked color.  So the flowering trees spoke - besides, I really crave SPRING!


So I pulled all the usual suspects that might work into a plan.  Fabrics were easy.  Just to narrow down all the play items and get to action.


I pieced my background and fused some branches - totally forgot to photo the three drawers of thread I pulled out next.  Yes, three!


I used one layer of Quilter's Dream Select batting to quilt the back ground. Then I added a second layer of the same batt and did the branches.  I hand quilted in the ditch across the plains - adding a lot of dimension and texture.


I made tiny pink flowers from baby rick-rack and sewed them with a bead attached in the center.  Smaller blossoms are beads tied on with pink DMC floss.  And bound with a mini border  brown fabric to add to the 'tree' look.  The hardest part of the project - threading my beading needle!


This is the back - using the same mini border fabric and some scrap 3.5" squares to set in the corners for a dowel hanger.

I look forward to see what publications others have used for inspiration and their resulting project.
You can see all the challenges and projects at PersimonDreams.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

27 comments:

Grammasheri said...

What a fun challenge! And your finished piece is awesome!

Sheila said...

This is so Cool! A piece of art. Better than a picture.

QuiltSue said...

That's beautiful Sharon.

Karen M said...

Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your process.

Andrea said...

I love this - really beautiful xc

Lisa England said...

Oh Sharon, I love that! The ric rac for the flowers is genius! I also worried about getting an uninspiring page for my project, but like you, I got a good one that makes me think spring. I'll be finishing mine up today. I agree that this was a great challenge!

Debbie said...

You really nailed this one I think!! I love the unexpected use of rick rack and beads for the flowers. Fabulous challenge.

krisgray said...

That is such a lovely little quilt! It makes me want spring.

Sheila said...

Awesome Sharon , you really captured the original photo. Neat challenge , I think I would enjoy doing that.

KaHolly said...

What a fun challenge! You did a marvelous job!! Wow!

Dana Gaffney said...

That is such a fun idea for a challenge, it turned out so pretty, just a little touch of spring.

Shannon said...

What a cool idea for a challenge. The tree branch turned out so pretty. Great job!!

Belinda said...

Oh WOW!! I love that!!!

Lesley said...

Sharon, your creativity just blew me away! Love how you jumped into this challenge and created such a beautiful little quilt. Wonderful!

Lyndsey said...

What an adorable mini and so crying out 'here comes spring'. Great interpretation of the challenge.

The Slow Quilter said...

You need a wonderful job on this challenge, it looks great.

Michele said...

Such a fun challenge! I love what you did with it :-) So springy!

hafza said...

You're creative lady...beautiful work!

rubyslipperz1052 said...

My first thought is - that would be a difficult challenge! But, you sure did turn it into something quite wonderful. =)

hugZ,
annie

Deb said...

How fun! You are very creative Sharon.

JudyCinNC said...

I love your challenge and voted for you ... very creative. Judy C

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

Beautiful piece Sharon!

Sarah said...

This is really pretty Sharon. I love blossoms! Ours bloom in August here in South Australia and my daughter was born on August 17th so we have lots of photos of her with the blossoms.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

What a lovely mini quilt! Great job, Sharon!

Char said...

Great interpretation, I love it!

Kris said...

Wow, Sharon!! Your quilt is amazing!! And I love all the tiny detail!! You were truly insired!! What a fun, fun challenge - on my way over to PersimonDreams to see how others were inspired!! Thanks for sharing this great piece!!

Michele said...

Really, really nice Sharon.