Friday, March 9, 2012

Something New, Something Old!

Last month I was the lucky winner of a blog hop giveaway hosted by Lynn Krawczyk of Fibra Artysta. Lynn does wonderful art pieces and also holds classes, her blog is definitely worth a visit for inspiration. I won a beautiful piece of her hand printed cloth. I got to choose and I picked "Birds on a wire". I love the pattern and I think it will make for some beautiful art pieces, so I have my thinking cap on. You can see Lynn's fabrics at her Shop. I also want to thank Judy for hosting a giveaway on her blog, Judy has some wonderful eye candy and tutorials, so if you love art quilting, you will love Painted Threads.

This is going to be fun to design around, lots of possibilities.


Then I had to decide what UFO to work on next and since I am ready for spring, I decided it was time to finish my dog in the garden piece. I will be adding embellishing stitchings and then I have to decide how to quilt the background, any suggestions? I want to keep it simple, but look nice, maybe some green threads a bit darker than the background and some echo quilting coming off of the appliqués to give movement. Not a great photo, hopefully I can get one with the true colors, the background is a beautiful shaded green.

I had to lighten it up to get rid of the orange shades it had, but this way you can see the appliqués better. If you like some of the appliqués, you can find some of the bugs and other wonderful freebies at Wee Folk Art. She was nice enough to make me the grasshopper to put in my piece.


12 comments:

Kris said...

Debbie - Your new piece of art fabric is beautiful and your dog in the garden is soooooooo cute!!! Kris

Firecracker Kid said...

Congrats on your win! That is an interesting piece and more cool that it is hand painted. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Aww, I see the doggy in the garden. That's sweet, I like it :-)
Hugs~Carol

Deb said...

That is a beautiful piece of fabric. And your dog in the garden is really great!

Anna said...

OMG...I love Dog in the Garden!!! Doesn't look like Casey though...who is that dog in the garden?

Fiona said...

Great fabric to win and I love the dog in the garden... perfect expression on its face!
Hugz

coinguyslady said...

I LOVE your dog in the garden.Makes me want to be there with him.

Soggibottom said...

:-) I've missed out again :-) xxx

Ronda said...

You have some wonderful punch needle designs, I'm sure I'll be back. I'm visiting from Robin at Bird in Hand Primitives...glad to have found you.

Blessings,
Ronda

Mugwump Woolies said...

That doggie in the garden is wonderful...such a fun creation!
Robyn

Joanne said...

Another great piece! Wow congrats on your win too! Can't wait to see what you do with it

Linda said...

Congrats on the win!!! Cool looking fabric! Loving the dog in the garden too!!

Carrie P. said...

Very cool win! congrats.