Galactic Bouqet Con't

Galactic Bouqet

Let's see how she came out...

As the thread painting continued, 

And the Bouqet continued to grow and bloom,

The fun was ENORMOUS!!!!

This project took SOOO many hours!

But it was SOOO worth it!

Here we go!....

Here the table and vase were added.

My daughter is terrific with colors and she chose teal for the vase.

it still needed something...

My husband suggested metallic thread...

I just so happened to have the matching metallic thread!

And the vase turned out BEAUTIFUL!

It's always a TEAM effort!

I'm sure you've noticed the 1/2" grid drawn on the background!

YES!  It's insane!

BUT...here we go!

(And let me just add...it's not usually recommened

to sell a machine half way through a project!

Yes, I sold my Tiara and bought Bernina Q20 and this point into this.)

A close up of the center of the Daisy...

Then crystals were added. 

And may I present to you...

The completed...

Galactial Bouqet

This was an amazingly fun thread painting project!

Thread painting can be anything you want it to be!

Branch out and try something new!

Just know that when you have 

an idea in your head...

It will most likely change as you work

on your project.

Listen to these award winning quilters...

each one says they didn't know exactly how 

the design would be in the end.

Trust your instinct!

Trust yourself!

GO FOR IT!!!!

Sew the pieces of life together!

They make a BEAUTIFUL quilt!

Nina Clotfelter
www.ninaquilts.com

Galactic Bouqet

Galactic Bouqet

I thought it would be fun to share what I've been working on...

Thread Painting

Whole cloth

Grid work

And it's been SO much fun!

First I drew out my design

(I had already started quilting...sorry!)

Here's a better picture

I had the idea of putting the vase on a table...

so that is the line on the vase.

Here come some leaves...

Isn't the background a great piece?!

A friend of mine hand dies fabric

and I just had to HAVE this piece!

I started adding the additional flowers,

and the background grid.

This grid is a HALF inch grid!

I did a base of soft pink on each flower.

Then I'll add a different color on top

of each one,

so each will be slightly different in color.

So now the flowers are changing...

I'm thinking I will add a yellow center to the Daisy,

then add some yellow whispy things at the top of the bouqet...

We'll see....

Those will be last.

Next I'll do the vase and table!

Then...

get that grid going on the background...

That one will be a lot of work!

So many times when you start with a design

in your head,

or an idea...

please be open to the changes that

WILL come about as you create!

GO with it...

Follow your instinct!

Sew the pieces of life together!

They make a BEAUTIFUL quilt!

Nina Clotfelter
www.ninaquilts.com