Orange Leaves
30" x 23", November 2022
Cotton fabrics, craft papers, ceramic tiles. Hand-embroidered with cotton floss. Machine-quilted along section borders. Fusible web appliqué.
Technical challenges:  Wanted to do something with these little tiles, which were strung onto a necklace I never wore. But I needed to minimize handling them, as well as the paper leaves, during assembly. The answer was to finish the entire piece including the facings and hanging sleeve on the back before adding them. By a lucky accident the necklace cord was just the right length so I sewed it directly onto the lower edge of the facing. Positioned/ironed the leaves as the last step.