Boy and Girl Elves

44"x56" 2010

Puzzle Interchange technique, fabric, thread, machine appliqu�, machine quilted

"Boy and Girl Elves" is one of my series of "The Quilted Portrait" or "puzzle interchange machine appliqu�" quilts.  I designed the elves so that one pattern is a boy elf with a star and the other one is a girl elf with a moon. This piece would look great in a children's room or on a hospital wall.  The materials and techniques are machine appliqu�d fabric, thread and paint.  I chose soothing soft fabric colors and lots of varied colored thread.  The satin stitch of the machine appliqu� gives another dimension of color and texture to the surface along with playful, loose threads dancing across the quilt.

 Detail showing threads and quilting 

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