For my 3rd quilt of the series I made a background similar to the former quilts.

The pansy is made with thread painting. I learned this technique at the workshop of Susan Brubacker-Knapp. At her class we thread-painted directly on the fabric.

Instead of sewing on the fabric I wanted to create a pansy what is more or less 3 dimensional.

So I put small pieces of organza between two sheets of water-soluble stabilizer. I did this for each of the five petals. Each petal I thread painted with rayon thread in different shades of purple.

After washing the stabilizer out the petals curled a little bit at the edges.

I sewed the petals on the background by hand, but not at the edges. This edges are loose from the background to create the 3 dimensional effect.

I embellished the pansy and some other parts of the quilt with beads.

close up view

Quilts in Series – Techniques

Quilt 1                                Quilt 2                               Quilt 3