HOT AUGUST NIGHT CHALLENGE

I promised myself when I cut back my work schedule from three days a week to one and occasionally two per week that I would get more involved in my quilt guilds challenges.  Now by the end of May I am finally completely retiring.  So lots of extra time to get involved.
My guild has a family social and a challenge every year the first Tuesday in August.  This year the challenge is to make a 16 inch square mini quilt. 
Several years ago I made this little wall hanging.  It is too small to use in the challenge, but I liked at the idea.

 So I pulled some batiks out and stated a new vision.

Larger flower petals.  I have increased the pattern size to 200%.

And a nice layout of the pattern.

Once adhered I sewed around all the petals and leaves very close to the edges with closely matching thread colors.

And now for some out lining with 12wt threads on leaves.

And petals.  I do need a very small circle of gold fabric in the center of the petals and lots of thread work to make a fuzzy little center.  After that some quilting, probably straight lines diagonally in both directions on the off white background.  I do have a pretty patterned batiks to use for a small border or maybe a wider binding that will serve as border and binding.  Its not complete, but well on its way in plenty of time for the August event.

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