ArtFire

"Framed Cosmos" Sunprint Art Quilt- 8"x10". Regular Price- $50.00A sunprint of Cosmos flowers and foliage on pastel shades of rose, green and blue is framed with a narrow border of a white print fabric. the outer border of the quilt is of a fabric patterned by scrunching and salting freshly painted fabric before it dried. Freemotion quilting accents the sunprint, and the edges of the print and white border stitched with a machine blanket stitch with a pastel variegated thread. The edges are finished with a satin stitch in the same variegated thread. Sized for a standard size frame, or display any way you wish. The second photo shows what it might look like with a white mat and black frame.

Botanical Sunprints are made by placing leaves, flowers, and(or) thin foam sheet cutouts (for butterflies or hummingbirds) onto freshly painted cotton fabric, while the paint is still wet, and placed in the sun to dry. The combination of sun and humidity affect the speed at which the paint dries. If conditions are ideal, the color moves from under the leaf or flower, resulting in the sunprint. No two can be the same, due to different drying conditions and paint color combinations. Every print is a unique original.

cotton, fabric, paint, batting, thread

See more Art Quilts and other items at my website- http://www.andrusgardensquilts.com/, or see works in progress and inspirations on my blog- http://andrusgardensquilts.com/blog