5 ladies art quilt - part 6

This is a continuation of 5 previous posts about the making of the 5 ladies art quilt.

Once the figures were all placed on the background, I inspected for areas that needed some tweaking.  I could see that the figure on the far left had some issues with the neck and head placement.  And some of the legs disappeared against the background.  I fixed those areas and got everything pinned to the background instead of the design wall and then fused down the faces, shoes and hands.   It took a day to get everything sewn down and then I sketched in more facial features and thread sketched the hair and some more of the facial features.

I had enough background material to use for the backing and got it all layered up and ready to quilt.  Here it is part way done with the quilting.

I found it pretty easy to quilt the background by just following the dots in the fabric.

I hope you like it so far.

Bees on Flowers - Camasia - part 3

This is a continuation of 2 previous posts about the making of the bees on flowers art quilts.  This is the bee on the native Camasia flower.

I layered the painted fabric with a stabilizer and did some light stitching, or thread sketching, to bring the piece to life.  Many things can be done with thread that can't be done with the paint alone.  But too much threadwork covers up all of the glorious painting.  So, if you do it, make sure its with a light hand.

The piece was layered with batting and backing and quilted.  The edges were faced to complete the piece.

I hope you like it!