Impressionistic Quilts

This week has been crazy busy, and crazy fun! I attended a day long workshop with 2 time ArtPrize winner Ann Loveless. She taught her "confetti" quilt techniques which she describes as impressionistic in style.

We spent the day rotary cutting fabric into itsy bitsy shards of color, then laying them onto a prepared batting into a composition, then we carefully covered the piece with black tulle. Yes the tulle they use for weddings, only black. Next...we carefully pinned every inch so the tiny bits stayed put. No one dared sneeze until the very last pin was secure. God forbid you turned an overhead fan on!!!

Then we carefully free motion quilted the entire quilt sandwich using clear poly thread, finishing with embroidery threads highlighting our design elements. The whole process was incredible free and fast. (except the pinning part.....tedious and prickly when FMQ).

I'm inspired to do more using this technique, with a few tweaks here and there. Here are the samples so far, excuse the lack of binding yet. That comes next.  Trillium Woods, Daises, Tulips, and Wild Dogwood in the Fog......