A Gray Day

It's been gray and rainy all day. The wind has blown most of the leaves from the trees. And so I guess it's not surprising my journal quilt is a lonely tree with one solitary leaf outlined against the gray sky. This is raw-edge applique with some free-motion quilting to secure the tree. I did have a bit of fun using a striped fabric for the tree, so there's a touch of whimsy amidst the lonely scene. I've long admired the artists who can be "freer" with their quilting, so I tried it here in the background to signify the wind and changing season. The leaf was stitched, then colored in with pencil.


I also did some messy painting today. I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to use the pink metallic, but at this point, this will look best all cut up. I did learn one thing in all this: I tried to use circles cut from coffee filters as a resist -- Disaster! But they do look pretty painted, so perhaps they'll end up in something.