Reaching For The Sun

24" square

This was my first attempt at applique over patchwork. I'm sorry the picture is so poor. The background is made up of 1 inch squares of various carefully chosen and arranged green print fabrics, ranging from the yellow-green of the sunbeam to the deep forest and teals used to suggest the shadows. The sunbeam is quilted with gold metallic thread and gleams when it catches the light. The daylily blossoms and thin bamboo-like border is made from a beautiful golden/bittersweet material that the Fabric Fairy dropped off from one of her trips.