Project Quilting Week 3 "All About that Thread"

The first decision of a new project quilting is always what to make.  It usually takes me a couple days to come up with an idea.  Thread painting has been on my list of things to try for a couple years.  This will be a good opportunity to experiment with something new.  I've chosen a photo of pink poppies.  I enlarged my photo.  I then used a black marker to outline the sections of the design.  I transferred the sections onto freezer paper, then cut out the pieces leaving a 1/4 inch border around the shape.  My plan is to create the base flowers using several different shades of pink fabric.  I cut a piece of each fabric and backed it with Wonder Under.  I then ironed the freezer paper shapes onto the fabric.  I trimmed each piece as I placed it on my background.  Once I was happy with the placement I used an iron to fuse the design.  Now for the fun.  Using a variety of thread colors I embellished each flower petal with thread.  I finished the design by adding some beading in the centers of the flowers.  The last steps were to add backing, quilt the background, the bind the edges.