Friday 3 April 2020

a wee challenge . . .



At the beginning of the week I received an email from Julie from justjulielou. She had been inspired by @annamariahorner latest #amhappliquestories post, and suggested we could both attempt our own version, perhaps as a #nzlockdown2020 challenge.

I remember when Anna Maria Horner was in NZ recently and I too was inspired by the applique story she was working on then. So - I checked out the links Julie had forwarded, and of course got very sidetracked looking at lots of other fabric collage feeds.

Time to play with some scraps . . .



I faffed around for ages trying to decide on fabrics & combos. And let's face it . . . {wink wink} I had all day! I narrowed my fabric choices down and once I'd made that first cut, I was on a roll. I had so much fun cutting out the rest of my pieces for my story.





and after a final tweaking . . .


I'm happy now with the direction of my vignette, ready to secure it all down
and begin hand stitching. 
Linking up with this weekend's Peacock Party at Wendy’s Quilts and More

Stay safe, kia kaha Linda

7 comments:

Karyn said...

Look forward to seeing this progress.

Susan said...

I can imagine how this will really come to life with some fancy stitches Linda! I love that curvy pink shape snaking through the middle!

Karen S said...

Oh, wow, this looks wonderful. Aren't you pleased you have a big stash to choose from?

Robin said...

So attractive and so creative! This looks like fun.

Julierose said...

Lovely flower arrangement--that little bird is so cute...nice work on this challenge fun ~ ~ ~ waving from across the pond Julierose;)))

audrey said...

What a fun challenge! Love this.:)

pandchintz said...

Looking great!