Lady in a Forest Dress - Part Two

This is a continuation of a previous post about the making of a lady in a Forest Dress.

I worked on the moss and greenery components.  For the moss, I layered snippets of fabric, yarn, wool roving, thread and trimmings on top of tulle.  This was topped with Solvy and sewn in a grid of green thread.  When it was complete, I soaked it in water and let it dry overnight.  In the picture below, you can see that it is airy and somewhat transparent.  It will get cut and placed on top of other components, perhaps even solid green.

Some of the tiny components fall apart as it gets handled, but that's OK.  I like the 3-D effect of the "moss".

The next components that I worked on were the 3 tiers for the lower part of the dress.  I layered some of the same items on these too, but they started with a layer of fabric, fabric blobs, and then all of the snippets of fabric, yarn, wool roving, and trimmings.  These layers also got thread, some shiny doo-dads, and were topped off with tulle.   I made sure to work from light to medium to dark in each of the 3 layers.  When they were done being quilted, the edges were turned under and glued in place.

I made the sleeves and pinned them in place.  The sleeves and dress layers were all stabilized with a lightweight stabilizer.  I plan to insert some branch-like things as well as the moss before it all gets sewn to the background.

I also found a face on the internet that I posterized in grayscale.  You can see that it is pinned in place on the pattern.

I hope you like it so far!

Teaching chop and drop applique with a test group

I signed up to teach my chop and drop applique method to Clark County Quilters.  Our Saturday workshop day is a fun day where members of our guild teach other members techniques, patterns, or garments.  I've both taught and taken classes in the past.  The teachers are volunteers, so the class costs is really low - like $10 for a half day class, and $20 for a full day class.

Two people in the guild can't take my class on that Saturday because they are either teaching themselves, or they are coordinating the entire workshops.  Since I wanted to test out the class and they were willing to be my testers, the 3 of us got together to give the class a trial.  It was so much fun to spend a day with these talented ladies!  

They both got a kit with the pattern, instructions, and a few of the smaller items needed to make the art quilt.  Here is what we were going to make.

Some progress pictures

And their work.  So great!

I can't wait to teach the class.