"Gifts from the Sound"
Here is my inspiration photo. I took this on a walk with coco.
An early loose layout.
Hunting for small buttons was almost like looking for shells at the beach.
I don't embellish often, but this little quilt called for it. I even added very tiny crystals to represent sea glass.
I first did some quilting where I was going to add beads, then I did the beading. You can see here my knots here on the back.
I left the underneath fabric which showed through to add a little texture. (a happy accident that I notice, before I trimmed it off.
I quilted the water and sky section with pink and blue silk.
I was going to do a raw edge treatment instead of binding, then I remember this trim tape. So I folded it and machine attached it act as my binding.
The number seemed sort of nautical, like depth findings, or tide makers.
I frayed the corners with a needle. I can't tell you how much I like this binding for this piece.
Here in its natural habitat. The beach was packed on Friday, but no seemed to take an any notice of my photo shoot.
Lastly, I came downstairs for coffee on Friday and was met by this awesome sight. It really was spiritual and I'm so happy I captured it.
Happy June!
xo
