Rainbow Packs

I have put together some bundles of six fat quarters in Rainbow colours.

Rainbow Layers

 Rainbow Splash

Rainbow Crunch

  

Rainbow Mottle

Stayed tuned for directions on how to paint your own fabrics like this.
More fabric available here.

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Alternative Poppies Tutorial

I have looked at some alternative ways to create a landscape background and now for a few different ways with the poppies. The pictures speak for themselves I hope, so lots of pics and few words.

      

Here I have stitched more detailed lines and zigzagged over some hemp for the stems.

     

Stitched grass detail. 

   

Scrim and voile.

Stitched centres and more hemp stems.

                

Scraps folded and stitched into place.

    

Simple stitched stems.

More defined poppy shapes fused into place.

Free machine stitching over the top.

Hand stitched stems with dots and spots of red.

Finally all the poppyness in one place.

I think I am out poppied now although there is another completely different Poppy piece that you might like to look at here.

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Alternative Backgrounds Tutorial

My previous post showed how to put together a Poppy Field. Here I want to share with you some ideas for creating a similar background but in a variety of different ways.

                

At first glance this background might look the same as the one in my first post on this topic but this was made without a pattern and just put together by eye. Not difficult to do, but my tip would be to go for a straight horizontal line to start to denote the horizon. After that anything goes!

                                              

I have quilted this piece in straight lines in matching threads, back and forth before adding any flowers.

For this next method I tore thin strips and stitched them row by row along their centre onto the a background.

The rough edges give it texture.

                                              

                                         

              

This background continues with ripping and stripping, but once the fabrics are placed on the background they are covered in a sheer layer and then machined down into place.

                 

                 

Lots of pictures but you get the drift and below is the finished background.

                                              

And finally small straight strips, a few of each colour, will result in this.

  

I hope this has given you a few new ideas. Next time I will look at different ways to add flowers.