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Peach Blossoms
from an EQ Baltimore Album Swap
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Designed by Alexandra of Naples, Italy |
Sewn by Pat in South Florida USA |
| I just had to share with you a little mini wallhanging that I made
from a design from an EQ swap. Sorry, but I cannot share the project
files with you. The project files are the property of the participants
of the swap. Join a swap or a challenge; you will end up
with some pretty wonderful designs. I've also used the motifs on notecards
and birthday cards.
In January of 2002, Wendy from Australia hosted a Baltimore Album and Floral Appliqué challenge. We were to design a Baltimore Album block and/or a Floral Appliqué motif in Electric Quilt 4.0 and submit them to Wendy who put all the designs into project files and then gave each participant all the designs. I was in need of a small mini-quilt wallhanging for my kitchen to cover up a "sore spot". When I saw Alexandra's design, I just knew that was "it"...especially since my kitchen is in peach and teal. I used some hand-dyed fabric leftover from a wallhanging that I had made. I printed out the design from EQ as 6" square, so the motifs are pretty small! There are a variety of techniques used on the little mini. I used a machine-sewn method of redwork/bluework to create the outline of the tree branches. All the blossoms and buds are hand-appliquéd. Did a bit of hand embroidery on the blossoms. The teal center of the largest peach blossom is a yo-yo. Oh, and yes, there is some hand quilting. I think the peach border makes it look Oriental.
Page created by Pat Tribbey
April 13,
2002 |