"Reaching For Autumn"
- Won Third Place in the Creative category in the annual
Peddler's Village Quilt Competition, January, 2003.
Machine pieced & free-motion quilted, fused applique, monofilament and metallic threads.
This piece began with a desire for fall to come quickly, as we were in the middle of yet another
hot summer with a drought. I started only with the idea of creating a narrow wall hanging with
two-tone leaves. From there it grew to include the random rectilinear backgrounds, adding the
tree branches toward the end, which added a necessary and unusual dimensional touch.
Here's a closeup of the detail on a leaf that shows the metallic veins.
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