As the Mid-Atlantic quilt festival nears, I thought that it was about time to finish my project for last years workshop. In 2015, I took a class with Barbara Olsen titled Painterly Flowers. It was a machine appliqué class and was focused on using fabric like a paint brush.
In this piece, the flower is the “star” and the background is just there to ground it. With that in mind, I did more detailed quilting on the flower and simple straight line quilting on the background. I basically played with a variety of quilting designs on the petals.
You might also notice that there is no binding. I decided to try doing a facing technique instead of binding and I really like the effect. I kinda think that it looks a little more like and “art piece”. I found a tutorial on facing quilts on Terry Aske Art Quilt Studio website. Worked great!
Happy Stitchin’
Mary
Quilting Sisters Unravelled 
I love it !! You did a great job
You are probably tired of seeing it (while it was in progress).
Thank.
You did a great job. Looks great. The flower looks real in the photo.
Thank you.
Beautiful!
Thank you. So glad everyone is liking it.
I love thus quilt – the position of the flower, the colors, the quilting – all great! I’m glad to hear that my facings instructions worked for you. (I refer to them myself every time I face a quilt!)
Your instructions are awesome. Thank you for sharing them on your website.
Mary