Spring Blossoms

Spring Blossoms was created in a 4-hour intensive time period in my studio. I played with collaging silks and hand dyed fabrics that were calm enough to show off my embellishments.
When I found a design that I liked, I fused the fabric to batting and quilted my feathers. I pillowcased a backing onto the batting and began to embellish. I had played with soy silk fiber and some interesting orange material that I found at the local fly fishing store. This is the material that the flowers are made from. I added gold beads and some orange fibers also used for tying flys to get some sparkle. I really like the affect of the orange fibers as they cascade from the center of the flowers.