After finishing the spring bags, many scraps of the beautiful cloth pictures were left. I love Cori Dantini and I would never throw away an inch of her fabric. As using scraps is my favourite activity, I immediately started going through the beautiful pieces of fabric with their many amazing details and charming colours. Appliqué was the first and clear choice, because many scraps were prefused already. I tried more different background fabrics and finally opted for natural linen. The leftovers of cotton batting determined the size of twelve small panels, which are big enough for making six small zippered purses later.
I started with preparing pieces and layers of appliqué, arranging them on the background. The pieces of Cori Dantini fabrics were ironed on, the other scraps not. The fused pieces were sewn by machine in free motion technique, I went more times round the shapes and quilted also the inner lines. Then, my favourite time came: the evenings with needle and thread, quilting and embroidering the rest of the panel. Four pieces are finished so far, more will come.
Happy stitching!
Michaela
