As I pull out my sketch book and various pencils and colored markers, my thoughts turn to spring and my enjoyment of flowers.  I’ve often drawn and painted flowers, used them dried in crafts, and gathered them for bouquets.
Recently I viewed a demonstration by a fabric artist where she used her floral sketches for small mixed media “quilts.”  She scanned her sketches onto firm
fabric, treated them with gesso, and then filled in with scraps of fabric, paper (including torn pieces from a phone book), yarn, floss, and other embellishments.
Before there were too many embellishments, she did decorative stitching by machine.  …read more