Since I am a fiber artist I can do anything I want with fabric. There are no rules after all. My daughter wanted a 'real' looking poppy quilt. I spent 6 months thinking about how in the world am I going to make fabric look like a photo of live poppies? The Poppy quilt had to be perfect after all. Once I had the petal shape - I still could not see how it would work, I took a leap, grabbed a bunch of fabric off the shelf, stabilized it with every kind of stabilizer I had in the house, then I cut. Maybe I could begin to see a finished project. Here is the result from beginning to end. Each poppy took about 10 to 20 hours .
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| Stabilized petals. I guess I can make them look like a Poppy! |
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| 4 petals per flower |
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| Kind of looking like a poppy. They are quite loosely arranged. |
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| I am getting excited by now. |
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| Not only can I use thread for texture, I can use the Artist Paint sticks and oil pastels as well. |
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| Adding Paint. |
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| Waiting for the paint to dry and adding thread, |
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| Painting and thread. |
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| Waiting for the paint to dry. This took about 3 days. |
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| I used multiple colors of thread in each poppy/ |
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| Looking like a Poppy |
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| What to add to the center? Dark green almost black wool with hairy yarn. |
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| I think this will work. |
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| closer up |
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| close up |
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| It is getting closer but not quite there. |
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| Painted leaves with oil and thread. I think the leaves and stems work. |
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| close up |
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| Do they look real yet? |
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| It is a poppy! |
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| It is now on the stretcher bars and ready to hang. |
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| A Poppy Garden Quilt close up. |
4 comments:
Great job on your Poppy Garden, it's very realistic. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
I've been a bit slow lately on mine due to some health issues. I'm hoping to get some more done this weekend.
My next flower wall hanging that I want to attempt is a bearded iris.
Absolutely fabulous!!!!!!!!!
Amazing !
Felicidades, muy hermoso.
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