Birds, Butterflies and Bushes

Small improv wall quilt.

This small art quilt started with a gifted piece of fabric that I really didn't much care for! I was bored one day and just wanted to start a project but I didn't want to do a lot of piecing so I started going through my stash to see if anything inspired me and I came across the fabric on the bottom of the quilt. It had a background of grays and purplish colors with these jagged dark gray and black bushes. I thought okay, now that might make a good foreground that I can do some thread painting on! I had died a piece of white fabric light blue and that made my background, from there I used some brown Grunge fabric for the tree and I wanted a hummingbird so I found a picture online and ironed a piece of white fabric on freezer paper and used my printer to see if that might work and I was surprised that it worked great! I used Inktense pencils to color it and from there I just let the quilt evolve. The butterflies, the purple bushes, and the flowers around the birdhouse were cut from other fabrics I had so I cut them out and appliqued them after I thread-painted the foreground and used some fabric paint as well. The birdhouse I made from Grunge and raw edge appliqued as well. It was a fun project and I am happy it turned out as well as it did!

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Maker: Brenda Hul

Quilter: Brenda Hull

Year Made: 2021

Owned By: Myself

Size: 93 inches x 109 inches inches

Shows & Museums: NA

Awards: NA