Dancing in the Wind

Can you hear the music?

The summer ballet - little ballerinas doing their pas in the breeze.
Meet the cast:

Rose

Lily

Daisy

Tulip

Bellflower

and Poppy

In their brilliantly bright floral-themed setting:

I wanted this piece to have a certain stained-glass-window feel, so it's very tall and narrow: about 175cm by 73cm (69'' by 29'') and basically, it's a collection of set on point squares divides into half-square  and quarter-square triangles, with a few lighter-coloured panels for appliqué set in-between.

I embroidered the stem figures before stitching the patchwork part together, then quilted the whole thing - leaf-shaped motifs for the panels and wonky triangle spirals inside each patchwork triangles, which creates a kind of shimmering texture overall. The scrappy binding was put in place before the 3D appliqué to minimise handling.

The flower petals are made of two layers of cotton fused together with bondaweb and hand appliquéd in place to shape the flowers.

I like how it turned out - bright, happy, summerly and light. Hope I'll still be able to take some photos of it outside with the remaining summer flowers.

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