Woven Blues

I ended up taking the literal approach to 'blue' and dug out all the blue fabrics I could find, sorted them into various piles.....

 

I chose a few that I liked together and added a couple of accents pieces.

 

I decided I wanted to so some fabric weaving so played with my tablet sketchbook feature doing various 'cuts' and finally cut a simple pattern from paper and cut my pieces for weaving....

 

Pieces woven together....

 

I liked that they created pot-like images but they also created fish-like images ..... hmm, which way to go?

   

Final direction could come later, for now on with the quilting. I used machine patterns for the edge stitching along the 'seams' and then free motion quilting for the squares. I'm enjoying the much needed practice I get with these challenges!

 

Now for the embellishments.... so many decisions, but I decided that I would add some clay pieces ... but which ones and where?

 

 A fish? At the bottom or the top?

 Pots with embellishments?

 

 

 

The pot direction won and I decided to put the buttons in the lower area where I felt the center of interest was. After sewing them in place I'm not sure I made the right decision. Perhaps I should leave it without embellishment....

 

But for now here is my finished Woven Blues..... 

 

Thanks Beverly for another fun challenge!