When I left you on Wednesday, I was thinking that I had made a BIG mistake with those acrylic paint additions. The paint was too heavy, it obscured what I had done previously (which was sort of dreamy and pretty) and I wasn't sure I'd be able to quilt leaves on top of it in any meaningful way.
The paint was already dry, but I decided to try taking it up anyway with some rubbing alcohol on one of my boring green parfait dyed failures, and mes voila! A lovely mop up cloth that I really, really like! But that's not all, I actually finished the experiment...
And so then I worked on my quilting to see if I could make leaves in a way that doesn't make my trees look like lollipops.
First I tried to do what I think of as a standard kind of "leaf" shape. It wasn't bad, all in all I think it'll be a fairly successful foreground if I were going to do a forest type thing.
And then I tried a more abstract sort of leaf - not really a leaf, but more the suggestion of a leaf.
I liked that much better, and I think it'll look good I think as a kind of background leaf - if I wanted another tree in the foreground to stand out more, for instance, this would be a good choice.
And then I tried this kind of pine-needly kind of evergreen sort of thing - which really - I mean this isn't a tree that exists anywhere in nature (lol), but this needle shape will be great for a future evergreen - and was really the most successful of the three, in my opinion.
So, this little journeyman piece had two purposes - to try and conquer the lollipop tree and to figure out what leaves work best. I like all of the leaves for their various purposes, and the lollipop effect was somewhat diminished, so all in all, a good experiment. More to come in future, never fear! I still have THIS one to quilt!
Don't forget about the giveaway - you can still enter until 11:00 p.m. tonight - I'll announce the winner tomorrow.
'Til then,
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I just love your quilting style - and your trees are cute (as in: beautiful!) !!
ReplyDeleteI realize you were concentrating on quilting the trees....however, the sky quilting is equally very successful!
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteYour trees came out really well!
I think that your experiment was indeed successful. I really liked the more abstract design as leaves do lose their definition at a distance.
ReplyDeleteThose quilted leaf shapes are just what the doctor ordered and your echo quilted "air' really lends movement to your piece. Very successful.
ReplyDeletewho would have thought..........love them leaves
ReplyDeleteI especially like the interplay of all the greens that you used here. And my favorite leaf motif is the abstract one. It seems to go best with the overall feel of the piece.
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