Saturday, February 28, 2015

Tulips in green


I love tulips. They have been blooming here in Bergen, Norway, since the spring of 1596. There even is a tulip that only exist in Norway, named Tulipa norvegica. So it was natural for me to make my personal theme for 2015 Tulips. And the group-challenge this time was green.
I am so fascinated by variety in the shapes of the flowers, they are so elegant.


I decided to use this sage-green fabric I had hand-dyed, as my background.
I made squares with oil-sticks, and in these frames I embroidered the tulip-heads with free-hand machine stitching, and added some stems and leaves. Then I filled the background with machine and hand quilting.
All in green, apart from the flowers which have a mix of black and very dark green thread.
Some close-ups:


5 comments:

  1. The oil stick frames the tulips so well and your combination of hand and machine quilting gives a lot of interest and depth.

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  2. I admire your way of thread sketching the flowers and also your hand- and machine quilting.

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  3. Love all the shapes you have created through the use of line, the background color blocks and quilting techniques create interesting textured frames for the flowers,beautiful

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  4. Lovely work, Greta. The thread sketching is wonderful.

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  5. Your piece just goes to show how effective simplicity can be. Less is definitely more. A happy row of tulips!

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