Still Life in Blue

Inspired by fabulous peonies, use interesting fabrics to make an attractive machine appliqué, adding quilting (by machine or hand or both ) to make this beautiful cheery wallhanging. An opportunity to use treasured scraps of precious fabrics, and to delve into your stash of hand quilting threads. 

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
Fabrics 

- 3/4 metre of plain or almost plain background fabric.  I chose cream 

- 3/4 metre of backing fabric and wadding to match 

- collection of fabrics in chosen palette - I used blues, but this works well for a single family of coloured fabrics (say blues or reds), or a variety of colours if you prefer. Include 2 or 3 fat quarters as well as smaller scraps. 

- lightweight bondaweb and pencil 

Equipment

- sewing machine, including foot for free machine quilting 

- cutting board, ruler and cutter

- sewing notions, scissors, needles etc

- threads to match chosen fabrics and background, 

- hand stitch threads for adding hand quilting