Thanks to Amy's Creative Side for hosting another fine Quilt Festival.
The process began by drawing a grid on the brown and gold background fabric. I fused “Heat and Bond” to the back of the printed fabric.
Then I cut squares from the printed fabric and fused them to the background.
Cutting and fusing only a few pieces at a time helped me keep the patches in order.
Quilted +/- 1/8”
Thinking of this quilt that I made back in 2014 …
… I positioned some sample chairs on the floor.
But then I decided to try a bouquet of cattails. Using paper I cut out a vase, reeds, and the cattail heads and auditioned placement.
Then I cut the cattail bouquet from dark brown fabric and
arranged it on the quilted background.
A Glimpse Through the Lattice – Cattails
Cattails on the edge of a pond summon memories of simpler times, lazy summer days and the song of frogs croaking in chorus among the reeds. Birds alight atop the sturdy cattail stalks and herald the dawn. By bringing a bit of the country life indoors to create a cattail bouquet, one can catch a glimpse through the lattice of natural pleasures ad the cycle of life.
Size: 36” X 37”
Fabrics: Commercial Cottons
Techniques: Fused appliqué, heavily machine quilted
Finishing: Facing turned to back
This quilt will be in Little Rock, AR with The National Quilting Association’s (NQA) quilt show.
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