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Harvest
Grand Prize Winner in 2009 Quilters Treasure Contest!

Harvest 53 inches x 45 inches

"What Makes Life Good" This is the theme for this years contest Quilters Treasure contest. The required fabric is a Grape Marble. I was inspired by the Art Nouveau artist Alphons Mucha's "Fruits" for this quilt I painted the figure directly onto the gold silk and then proceeded to lay fabrics around to create the figures hair, dress and most of the fruit she is holding.

Detail of Face Painting and Grapes

After I painted the face (using crayons and oil pastels) I started arranging flowers around to create hair I also started arranging fruit into her hands. I made grapes out of the required fabric and hand sewed them down in grape-bunch forms

Detail of Dress and Fruit

The dress was created from 3 pieces of fabric. I chose a bright tropical blue with a fern-like leaf batik pattern. I quilted around the existing pattern in the fabric.

Detail of Trellis Border Embroidery Stitchout

I digitized several borders for this quilt. These borders are available for sale in my Embroidery section. You will find the 2 borders on the Flourish Flower Border page I stitched all borders out onto silk fabric. After I had the length I need for each side, I sewed them down to the edges of the center panel.

Detail of the stitchout of the bottom border

I digitized this border using a part of a letter of a decorative font. It added just the visual weight I need to finish the bottom edge of this quilt. The Border Designs I digitized for this quilt can be found on Flourish Flower Border page in my Embroidery section.

Detail of the Grapes and Pears Embroidery Stitchouts

I digitized the grapes, leaves and pears that drape along the top of this quilt. I needed the grapes to be in scale with the figure. I wanted to create the effect of her standing beneath an arbor. The grapes, leaves and pears I digitized fot this quilt can be found on Fruit Embroidery page in my Embroidery section.

Detail of the Grapes Stitched on Tulle

I stitched the fruit on a large piece of tulle flipping the file and changing colors as I went. Once I had enough to go across the top to create the effect of an arbor, I cut the grapes out and sewed the fruit down to the main panel. The grapes, leaves and pears I digitized fot this quilt can be found on Fruit Embroidery page in my Embroidery section.>br>I free-style-quilted additional grapes and lattice to finish the background of the quilt.

Harvest 53 inches x 45 inches Grand Prize Winner in 2009 Quilters Treasure Contest! Quilt size is 53 inches x 45 inches $7,000 Click for Larger Image Quilts created by Jennifer Wheatley-Wolf. Images owned by the artist used with permission only!

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