I haven’t spent much time in the studio this week, but today I’m back at it full force! I am quilting the painted fabric piece shown in my previous post and am excited about finishing this quilt.
After a few days of looking at the quilt on the design wall, I saw the colors of the Indian Pow Wow dancers. The vertical strips in the middle of the quilt will become their painted sticks and needed some feathers. I painted the feathers with acrylic paint on black cotton fabric, fused them to a backing fabric and stitched. This is the result.
After I sewed the feathers, I cut them into shape. I have not sewn the centers yet, as I will use that sewing to attach them to the quilt when I have finished quilting the background. My vision is for them to be hanging towards the bottom of the “sticks”, but that may change…from the studio
studio 18 art 
Sue, just the feathers are stunning. can’t wait to see the entire finished piece, feathers integrated.
Thanks, Sonnie. I’m anxious to see the piece finished too!
I love this technique for adding dimension to your quilt…I will look forward to seeing the finished results!
Thank you. I hope to have it done by the end of the week.
These are stunning; love the effect of the painting and stitching on the black background! =D
I tried it on white, but didn’t look as good.