3D Lace Quilt

Here is my completed 3D lace quilt.   The background was a pieced black and white top and I found it too strong, so I covered it with lace.

I then created 3D flowers, embellished with buttons.  Behind the flowers is more lace with a ribbon border.  

Ricrac plays a fun addition to provide stems, leaves, grass and the sun.

Lace on My Art Quilt and a Vote

Who knew lace could be so versatile in art quilts?   It covered my rather harsh black and white background and made it more muted and soft.   I am discovering that it due to its light airy texture, it gathers nicely.   I am making more 3D flowers but felt they needed something behind them.  I took some funky yarn and stitched it onto some 5" wide lace and gathered that into a circle and voila!   I have a lovely backdrop for my flower to rest on.   It gives the flower some body yet still blends in and doesn't take away from it.

I am auditioning some jumbo ric rac as stems.

Also have two more 3D flowers on the go to get attached to a background.

And some of my hand dyed fabric ironed, cut and folded.

Can you tell I am prepping for a workshop?   Better get back to work, have some busy months coming up!

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A New Art Quilt

I am furiously working on a new art quilt showing my 3D flowers.   When I got the notice that my quilt got into Paducah, I realized I was planning to use that one to show one of my techniques at my upcoming workshop in April.  

I needed to replace it, but had limited time.   I remembered I had sewn together a black and white background and then put it away.  I pulled it out, but realized it was just too harsh to have my blue 3D flowers on the top.  Unfortunately, I never thought to take a picture, but you can see the colour of the binding is one of the fabric pieces in the background.   Anyway, I had some tulle and laid over it, but that didn't give me the effect I was looking for.  Then I found a piece of lace that did the trick.  I put that over and did a stippling all over it.   I have to finish binding it.

Next I will lay my flowers on and see how it looks.

I have 15 m of fabric being dyed at the moment.  I just love seeing what fabulous colours come out when it is done.