This is a continuation of 3 previous posts about the making of Garden Lady 10 - Winter Interest.
I wanted to produce the background by painting the fabric and then embellishing it this time. I started with PFD white fabric, laid it out on black garbage bags and using Inktense blocks, diluted fabric paint, diluted acrylic paint, and splatter techniques, I did the first pass, and let it dry for a couple of days.
I put this up on the design wall after it dried and put the pieces already made on top. I'm sorry to say that I was stuck for days trying to figure out where to go from there. My quilting friends, relatives, and searches on Pinterest gave me ideas, but I didn't have the inspiration I needed.
After another sleepless night, I had the genius idea to take it back off the wall and do some more painting to darken the lower section to make it grounded. I put it back up on the design wall and liked it much better. I still had to decide what to add that would be of winter interest....holly, chickadees, bird feeder, red belt, red berries....
Anyway, stay tuned to see what else I did for Garden Lady #10.
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