Seasons

Seasons was created for the Project Quilting Season 7 Seasons challenge.

I really enjoyed making Confetti Fall, so I decided to go with similar techniques for this challenge.  A bigger, wider tree.  More confetti for spring, summer and fall.

But what to do for winter?  I went looking in my collection of old craft supplies from my days of mad crafting and found a jar of snow-tex.  It was kind of hard, so I scooped off the top layer and threw it away, then added some water and stirred.  Perfect!!!!  Supplies can sometimes last for years without using them!

Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI.
20" x 38".

Confetti Fall

I created Confetti Fall for the Project Quilting Season 7 Confetti challenge.  

First I made some confetti in fall colors. by whacking up some of my smallest scraps.  I scattered them over a piece of water soluble stabilizer, then added another piece of stabilizer on top.

  

I added lots of free motion stitching to hold all those little pieces together, then swished the whole piece in water to dissolve the stabilizer.  Now I had a piece of leaf "fabric" made from confetti.

To create a background, I selected one of my hand-dyed fabrics and added assorted fibers and shreds of fabric to create the tree shape, then layered and quilted the whole thing before cutting my leaf "fabric" in pieces and stitching it in place.

31" x 35"

Created by Diane Lapacek near Poynette, WI.