8x10 spring

it has been a lot of fun and exciting for me to work on a little piece for the 8x10 spring swap. this has been my first swap in that area and i loved working for it. i knew from the beginning that i wanted to work with fabric and was rummaging through the bag of scraps. and ideas started to come up and get tweaked and tangled in my head. the next idea was, to incorporate some wool roving, as one of my things i want to do this year is needle felting.
i posted a few days ago, the inspirational part of amos's coin production...
here is the result of me converting the paper idea into a fiber arts piece...
the front with its "tulip" garden, red and yellow was required to be part of the piece.

i wanted to have a simple edge, nothing too perfect as the whole piece is just a "garden" a bit wild and growing.
front and back panel have a yellow fabric sandwiched in between. the edges of all pieces are zigzaged and i'm very happy with the look.

a detail view with the free stitching of the garden-lines.

i used the same fabrics for the back panel. just stripes, as it is the back. but a finished look to it, which i'm pleased with. i hope my swap partner enjoys it as much as i do. i had a bit a hard time to put it in the envelope and send it off. it's fun to take a challenge and run with it and at the end keeping it and enjoying it would be the thing i liked best. but it is also something to pass on and enjoy the moment of letting go and giving.