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

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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.  You also could decorate with hand stitching, too.

How have you used flowers in your art work, whether quilting, mixed media, oil, watercolor, knitting, crochet or other media?  Share with us!

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Flowers for Spring Fabric Crafts