Saturday
12Sep2009
Fabric Leaves and Orbit Gum
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 9:47AM 
I am experimenting with fabric leaves for my Deep Summer Shade quilt. I was very inspired by Maggi's willow leaves. I bought a few quarter yards of sheer fabric at the local Hancock's Fabric. I did not even change thread color I just started sewing. I zigzaged leaf shapes and then cut them out. They ripple and curl sightly whcih gives them a nice dimensional quality. I'll probably combine the sheer leaves with ones made from batik.
I plan to add a black wavy inner border to the quilt, it needs more organic lines. I ordered a bunch of threads from Superior Threads for quilting and cannot wait to see how they work with the other elements.
Speaking of quilting, I was inspired by the lines in my Orbit gum package! Although this quilt will have a branch and leaf quilting lines. I will find some other quilt to use a circle pattern similar to the design on the package and gum wrappers. You never know where you will find inspiration.
