This is a project for my son's class for the school auction. And it was some serious crafting time! The artwork was pretty easy and enjoyable, but the assembly was kind of a bitch. I spent a ridiculous amount of time just mulling over the construction.
In the end I went with a quilt as you go method. I sewed one large quilt
of random squares, cut the entire quilt into squares,
embroidered/appliqued the artwork, then made the individual quilted
squares. So far so good. Then the assembly. That was a major pain. The
embroidery makes for pulling on the squares, which makes for some uneven
pieces, which makes for some less than straight lines. Anyways. It
turned out ok! And pretty cute!
Depending on the picture a mixture of applique and embroidery worked out.
I also used the embroidery foot on my machine to do a loopy free motion quilting. Makes it really fun and whimsical. Not to mention covers up any mistakes, aka "character".
I also used the sewing machine to zigzag lines in the images. Then I threaded embroidery floss behind it. Some of the artwork was crazy with colors so I had to use some artistic interpretation.
We used a spring theme. Lots of sun and flowers!
I'm hoping my friend and fellow quilter Carmen will ignore my trim lines!
I really hoped the parents liked this and I think they did! It was a lot of fun, but a lot of work.
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