A Thing of Beauty Quiltie

Finally time for the very last project I made in my capacity as Design Team member for Alpha Stamps and I'm showing it today to make up for the endless, non-stop rain which is lashing down. The flowers outside are all looking very sad and bedraggled as a result and hopefully this quiltie will provide you (and me) with a riot of colour to make up for it. I made it back in May and used a wide variety of flower fabrics for the background. They were cut into strips and ironed onto Fast2Fuse. A decorative machine stitch of leaves was stitched over the edges of the strips using a variegated thread.

Images from Alpha Stamps Women & Flowers, Pink Roses and Tallulah's Flowers collage sheets were added by either using stitch or my Xyron Creatopia, that makes items including fabric into stickers by adding a glue layer to the back. The green leaves ribbon is also available from Alpha Stamps. A fabric was ironed to the other side of the Fast2Fuse and the edges were finished with ribbon in 2 different colours (also from Alpha Stamps).

I finished by adding the vintage quotation that reads:

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;

Its loveliness increases; it will never

Pass into nothingness; but still will keep

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep

Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.