Bejeweled Harbingers of Spring

Today is the reveal of the Fiberactions Monochromatic color challenge.  One color, boy that's a tough one for me...even my wholecloth quilts are a riot of color!  Having been in the show quilting mode for the last few months, I knew this quilt would need to be fairly quick and simple in order to fit it into the schedule.  Also, the longarm is tied up  with quilting the "Queen", so this one would need to be done another way.

In the end I decided on green for my color, because of the time of year...you know spring and of course St. Paddy's Day!



The background is one of Vicki's delicious hand dyes. The leaves are wool felt, all cut with my die cutter. The shape differs from my usual choices, as does the quilting...a very simple freehand spiral done on the DSM.  The beads were added with a variation of mossing and encrusted beading techniques from Larkin Jean Van Horn's book Beading on Fabric. The beads add some interest to a very simple design and really give it a nice sparkle,even though the camera doesn't reflect it very well.



The batting is Quilters Dream Wool and the thread is Superior's So Fine.

Though this is very different from my usual work, I enjoyed the challenge. Sometimes it's good to shake it up a bit.  Be sure to go the Fiberactions to see what  wonderful things the others did.

Now for me, it's back to the  "Queen"  and  that riot of COLOR :)