{"id":3794,"date":"2016-12-11T17:29:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T01:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=3794"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:17:28","slug":"botanical-reflections-part-3-2016-12-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2016\/12\/11\/botanical-reflections-part-3-2016-12-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanical Reflections \u2013 part 3 \u2013 2016.12.11"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve finished \u2018Maple Reflections\u2019, my second artwork for the Fibre Art Network exhibit ‘Botanical Reflections’.\u00a0 You can read about my first piece ‘Ginkgo Reflections’ here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As with the Ginkgo leaves, I fused and stitched the leaves to felt.\u00a0 For the Maple leaves, I used 2 different fabrics for each leaf, and left a narrow bit of felt showing for the main vein.\u00a0 Then I free-motion stitched the leaf veins and around the edges.\u00a0 Fortunately I had just enough of the olive colored felt left for these leaves.<\/p>\n

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I’m very pleased with my idea to fuse and stitch the leaves to felt. \u00a0 In addition to adding dimension, it\u2019s much easier to do the free-motion stitching on a small piece of felt, rather than on the whole quilt!\u00a0 I can, and do, free-motion quilt in any direction, but if possible I like to turn my quilt so that I’m stitching toward myself.\u00a0 It feels like I have more control.<\/p>\n

This process also gave me the option of\u00a0 rearranging the position of the leaves, and adding more leaves as I worked on the piece.\u00a0\u00a0 As you can see below,\u00a0 I changed my mind a few times about the number and positions of the leaves.<\/p>\n

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Once the leaves were finalized, I pinned them to the quilted background, then positioned the purple bias tape.\u00a0 I was able to stitch it down without removing the leaves – I just lifted each leaf out of the way as I stitched.\u00a0 Then, I quilted each leaf to the background, stitching through the middle vein and around the edges.<\/p>\n

While working on this quilt, I started wondering exactly what type of maple tree these were from.\u00a0 I took a break from quilting to do some Internet research, and I’ve concluded that it’s an Amur Maple.\u00a0 This first image below is the photo I took in Victoria BC.\u00a0 The others I found on the Internet – click on each one to see the website it’s from.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a photo of both my Reflections quilts together.\u00a0 Each is 12 x 24 inches.\u00a0 I think they look great as a diptych, but it’s unlikely they will be displayed together.\u00a0 There are over 70 entries for this exhibit!\u00a0 Those of us who opted to make 2 entries, will have only one on display.\u00a0 If the first one sells, then the second one will be hung.<\/p>\n

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And here is a detail shot.\u00a0 The reflections were cut from the trimmings of the leaves.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.<\/p>\n

\"Creations<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \"Confessions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve finished \u2018Maple Reflections\u2019, my second artwork for the Fibre Art Network exhibit ‘Botanical Reflections’.\u00a0 You can read about my first piece ‘Ginkgo Reflections’ here and here. 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