Rhonda Bracey: At Random

The last step before I finished yesterday evening was to use the remaining fusible web to create the dragonfly body and wing parts. I didn’t have enough fusible (back to the fabric shop tomorrow!) so was only able to get the wings completed, and a couple of small body parts. In the picture below, I’ve laid them out on top of the muslin which I won’t use now, but you can get a sense of how the dragonfly is coming together.

Still to do, but not in order…:

• Finish applying fusible web to the remaining dragonfly parts
• Position the dragonfly parts on to the background
• Add some grape leaves (as required)
• Possibly add some bunches of grapes,
• Fuse applique all parts
• Stitch the appliqued pieces down with monofilament thread so they don’t go anywhere!
• Free motion embroider veins in the leaves and lace effect on the wings; if add grapes, free motion embroider light highlights (gold, silver metallic thread?)
• Get some thin bias tape (gold, silver and black) and outline the dragonfly and other relevant bits with it
• Add a border
• Add batting and backing, and a hanging sleeve
• Quilt the quilt
• Add binding
• Continue documenting the process!

Links to all posts about this quilt

• Evolution of a quilt: 1
• Evolution of a quilt: 2
• Evolution of a quilt: 3
• Evolution of a quilt: 4
• Evolution of a quilt: 5 (this one)
• Evolution of a quilt: 6
• Evolution of a quilt: 7
• Evolution of a quilt: 8
• Evolution of a quilt: 9
• Evolution of a quilt: 10
• Evolution of a quilt: 11