I enjoyed learning about and using the "confetti" technique for many of the leaves on my trees giving them a three dimensional effect. I used fabrics I gleaned on our recent car trek across many states in June/July of this year visiting many, many fabric shops.
I also used a photo of a local owl and had fun top stitching him following the colors in my photo. So he was printed first on cloth, cut out and sewn onto the quilt. My DH is put off by the fact that "our owl" is a burrowing owl and does not hang out in trees. Somehow this one got up there however, and there he sits! Artistic license if you will.
The batik background fabric looked like night to me with it's swirling blues and I top stitched it with small swirl motions. I used dark fabric for the binding to continue the feel of night.
The whole thing was inspired by a painting my friend, Cris the artist in Oregon made for me.
This was a fun project done with others. To see their quilts go to the Around The World in 20 Quilts blog which can be found on my sidebar.
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Cris' painting from which I got my inspiration:
My quilt "Night Owl" where I turn day into night:
