Art With Fabric Blog Hop & Day 143 A Block A Day Challenge

"Welcome Hummingbirds" 

Mounted on black panel 12 " X 24 " panel board. 

Thank you Alida for inviting me to participate in the Art With Fabric Blog Hop

along with many other wonderful artists.  Be sure to check it out.

Inspiration

Living in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina,

inspiration abounds. I especially enjoy purple Coneflowers

for their sweet fragrance and purple color that attract humming birds 

and that they showcase their beauty all Summer in our area.

When seeking particular inspiration for the Art With Fabric Blog Hop,

I looked around Pinterest for "traditional" art  and 

came across Marni Maree's beautiful watercolor. 

And since I had previously begun a Mini series of flowers, 

I chose to combine ideas of the Blog Hop theme and my Mini Flower Series. 

Construction 

Creating with improvisational piecing by hand or machine

from my batik remnants is my sweet spot so 

combining various blue batik remnants seemed natural.  

Blue batik remnants from the 

Queen sized bed quilt that I am also currently hand quilting

began the process. 

 Mixing various patterns and shades of blue batik fabric gave motion to my composition.

 Additions of hand stamping overlays and screen fibers gave the element of surprise and texture that I was seeking. 

Coneflowers in purple batik fabric were hand cut then fused 

as were the free hand cut green batik stems and leaves. 

Hand embroidered screen fiber binding further relates to the Mini Flower Series,

I was pleased with this addition.

Others in my Flower Mini Series 

First in the Mini Flower Series was this

bold orange flower piece that began as an assignment of an

online art course. You can read more about it  here. 

I knew after creating a similar composition using a bold

orange flower, that I wanted  to make another one with happy yellow flowers. 

You can read more about it here.

This series will be in my Etsy Shop for sale. 

Thanks for checking out my Fiber Art.  Enjoy the Art With Fabric Blog Hop 
Linked to Crazy Mom Quilts & Off The Wall Friday 

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A New Thing & Day 123 A Block A Day Challenge

I completed this flower composition last night. 

It began Day 120 - A Block A Day Challenge.

I added another layer for the flower allowing the background to peek through,

 a nice tall leaf, a screen fiber binding edge and my signature in orange.

 It's mounted on a 12 inch x 24 inch black cradle board.

 Interestingly, orange is not my usual go to color but it's popping up recently - a new thing.

Teal & purple combine for this Free Style Cobblestone Block.

with variegated purple Pearle cotton rectangular spiral quilting.

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