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Clematis
2002
New price is $800.
21” x 32”
This is the second Fusible Flower quilt I made. Purple is my favorite color so when I saw this picture in a flower catalog I knew I had to try and recreate it. How could I make these flowers look dimensional with just fabric and maybe some thread? That was my challenge. I had never seen a Fusible Flower quilt before but wondered What if I treated it just like I was painting, only using fabric and thread? These flowers are bright and crisp in the morning light. I wanted to capture the sunlight hitting the center of the flowers just right.
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Yellow Daisies
2002
New price is $500
18” x 24”
This quilt was inspired by a picture in a flower magazine. Right away I knew I did not have enough yellow fabrics to make it work. I used about 12 different values of yellow fabric to give the flowers their depth. This was my third quilt using the Fusible Flower technique. Each time I made one I would learn something new.
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Oriental Poppy
17" x 24"
New price is $900.
I knew this quilt would be a challenge and it was. I almost gave up many times but I'm so glad I didn't. I learned so much from making this quilt. This quilt is painted with fabric and thread to create this beautiful poppy quilt inspired by a flower catalog. This was quite a challenge trying to making the paper-like petals bend and fold, all in fabric. I highlighted the quilt with lots of thread play, which adds more shading and detail. Back then I thought it was a lot of thread and they would surely kick me out of the quilting world for all that thread. Who knew?
The final step is some carefully placed glass beads that I added by hand. This was the first time I entered my Fusible Flower art work in a show and it won Honorable Mention at the Marin Quilt and Needle Art Show in 2003.
These first quilts are very special to me. Each one has taught me a valuable lesson and pushed my creativity. It took me years before I would show the quilt world my flowers. Then I saw the work of Katie PM and Velda Newman and thought there might be a chance someone would like what I do, also.
If you are interested in any of these art quilts, let me know. I take PayPal, Visa or Master Card or good old green cash. You can contact me at melbula@comcast.net
My closets are getting too full and Joe won't enlarge my studio space, so some of my babies have to go, so more can follow.
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