I need to confess that the inspiration for this piece had nothing to do with nine patches. I've made several quilts with 3-D flowers in the past and had a mad urge to make them again. It's apple season here at Lapacek"s Orchard, and quilting time is scarce, so I needed to make my urge fit this challenge. I started with a background of free form 9 patches using lots of scraps of greens. Challenge requirements were now satisfied. I sandwiched it and quilted it and started on the fun.
First, I added shredded flowers. Shreds are those small pieces of fabric that you cut away whenever you square up a piece of fabric. Any sane person would just throw them away, but I had an idea I could find a use for them. So I created shredded flowers.
For Cirque de Shreds, I made lots of flowers and formed them into a circular wreath shape. This was what was in my vision, but I thought it needed a bit more. Maybe a bow? Hmmmm. Previewed a few things, but this was one of those times when I needed to go to my secret drawer of future quilting embellishments.
AHAAA!!!!!. Mesh bags. Probably from oranges or onions or a ham or whatever. Then a few yoyos and a fabric flower on top. Done.
Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI.
