Good Morning Turtles is a little quilt that began with a hand marbled fabric from Quilter's Treasures. I designed this quilt with flower and turtle motifs that fit into the grass-like fabric design.
I was playing with several technique ideas. I want to share some of these things with you.
My first idea was to thread paint a base and then built up a design with fabric fused felt elements. Here are photos of the progress of the flower motifs.
I stitched the flower base. The fabric I used is a pretty yellow dot cotton because the color of the fabric will show through the stitching. I stitched some crosshatching in the middle of the flower to keep the motif from puckering.
Flower elements are made from fusing print fabrics to wool felt. I used Wonder Under fusible web.Then, I cut out the shapes.
Next, I glued the shapes to the base using a really good fabric glue. I used the same techniques for the turtles.
In my next post, I'll show you the next steps I took in the making of this quilt.
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