…and day and night. I made a set of placemats for the Sew Scrappy swap featuring a whole day cycle. I call it painting with fabric or fabric collage.
I grab my scrap bins and start tearing and layering up fabric for the sky. I then machine stitch all over and then add the next feature in the landscape. Stitch again and keep going. I do draw out the size and major features on a piece of muslin to keep me on track. Sometimes I will add yarn, netting, lace or beads.
Then I added fabric to placemat size, sandwich, and quilt and finish like usual. This time I used a thrifted cotton quilt for the backing.
The amazing part is that it really doesn’t use up that much scrap and my craft room looks like a hurricane hit when I am done.
Can you find the farmhouse, the owl, the city, and the flying birds?
Sunrise
Oh my gosh, these are incredible! I’m utterly in love with every bit of it!
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I can tell that you love the process of making these…the attention to detail…the little slivers of the perfect scrap…the colors…I love these! And, I did find all the things…what do I win? ha
Seriously guys, pictures - even good pictures - don’t do them justice. They are even more stunning in person. I want to invite people over just to show them off more!
It’s hard when you are looking through scraps and stacks of fabric for just the right gray or yellow. I keep tiny scraps in a bin. Small scraps in shallow box lids, fat quarters in boxes, larger pieces on shelves and some yardage in large bins. I buy fat quarters on sale to keep a variety of colors like a 132 box of crayons! It’s a bit insane. And then sometimes I can’t find just the right shade.
And then it all has to be put away and swept up .
And I love it. But I really have to be inspired or have a swap or themed show to go through the craziness. Give me a simple quilt square in the meantime.
This are stunning! It would be hard to eat dinner with them… for fear of protecting them, sure, but mostly because I would want to set my plate aside to explore each of them night after night.
Could this have something to do with you having nowhere to store your A/C units in the off-season?
Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. They’re works of art and I love them all.
