Monday, September 10, 2018

Fit for a Prince

The 2018 Cherrywood (fabrics) challenge contest featured purple fabrics.
The theme focused on the late singer, Prince.  I purchased the challenge packet
in November of last year.  The entry submission deadline was 11:59 p.m.,
July 2nd.

I made a last minute decision to create an entry and submit it for
consideration.  How last minute?  I started my entry on June 30th, 
two days before the deadline.

The four Cherrywood hand-dyed Challenge fabrics are shown below.


 
 Photos below show my quilt in progress. I pieced a top out of various cuts of 
the challenge fabric.  I cut paisley shapes out of lavender lace and applied them 
to the quilt top using decorative machine stitching.  I added streaks of bronze
Jacquard (brand) Lumiere paint. A few lavender and white flowers were
randomly placed and hand stitched to the quilt top. The quilt has a thin, mostly
cotton batting.  I machine quilted the top before I added the binding.

My finished quilt is shown near the bottom of these photos..  I titled it
"Free-spirited Flamboyance: Raining Purple Paisleys".  It is 20" x 20", the
required finished size. While my quilt did not make the final cut, I enjoyed
creating it!














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