Each member of my art quilt group had an identical fat quarter to play with. We were free to do whatever we wanted with it.
I started by big stitching parallel lines that lined up with the print, to add detail and also to stabilize the base of the piece. I also wanted to add curves to play against the straight lines.
I used felted wool and wool felt for the "moon" shaped piece. Some brown ribbon was added to emphasize some horizontal lines. I kept moving those small circles around!
The piece is coming together. Yarn was couched around the edges of the curves. Cross stitches cover the seams in the "moon". I'm experimenting with some polymer clay buttons I made on an earlier occasion. They're just the right color! Notice I've folded the bottom under, making the piece more square than rectangular.
Here's the finished piece. Small, only about 14" x 16". Funny that the big felt circles didn't make it into the final composition.
