Well time has passed, and several quilts have been made. Once again I was to attend a workshop that would take me towards a new and exciting path. This occasion started when the "Cut Loose Quilters" decided to ask Rhena Ferris to come and do a weekend workshop showing us how to make her "Botanical Beauty" hanging. We were asked to bring a photo of a flower that we like, and to gather together fabric that would work to create the flower that we choose. I picked my photo ... one that my son had taken of a buttercup after a rain. It was great fun creating the geometric flower, in an abstract format using Rhena's technique, is was easy, fun and fast! As I assembled my flower .. my mind took me to reflections of where I could go with this ... soon I had a window frame in my mind and my cat sitting looking out the window at the flowers and humming birds darting in checking out the petals. Yep Rhena, gave me the inspiration, and a new technique to explore, and I ran with it! So after much experimenting, I created a hanging deviating a little from Rhena's format, and adding some elements of my own.
The cat actually is 3 dimensional, I layered the batting so that his hips are thicker than his body, and his tail is thicker still as it is closer to you. I added green beads to the centre of the flowers, and a few clear beads on the petals to suggest rain drops on the petals.
Thanks Rhena for giving me the inspiration, and technique to explore a new path! It was a gas!
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