Beth's wedding quilt

 

I just made a little commissioned quilt (10" x 13") for a friend to give to her son and daughter in law for their wedding. It's full of symbolism special to them -- the mountains where they love to ski, the desert where they married, petroglyph figures because they love anything Native American, and two feathers joined up in the sky to symbolize their union and because they sky dived to their wedding!

I painted the whole thing with transparent Setacolor fabric paints, except that I used Lumiere metallic pearlescent for the mountains and snow. I thought I'd show you how I did that.

I started by cutting a mountain shape out of a compressed sponge, which you can get at craft stores. The photo above shows how skinny it is.

After you cut out your shape,  you wet it and it puffs up and can be used like a stamp. I patted it in the Lumiere paint ...

... and pressed it onto the fabric. I stamped it repeatedly for the effect of overlapping peaks.

Silver beads spiral out from the moon:

Here you can see some of the stamped figures:

And speaking of the desert, today I got an annual state parks pass and hiked in Catalina State Park, near where the fire was this summer. It was a gorgeous day, with temps in the 60s and sunshine. The air felt crisp and I got in some good exercise and took a lot of photos. THIS is why I moved here! I just had to get through that summer heat to arrive at this point.

A majestic saguaro cactus lifts its arms to the sky. These giants of the desert can live for 200 years and grow taller than 50 feet.

Have a colorful day