Painting Fun from Houston ala Sarah Ann Smith

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Now, back to the blogging...

So...a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away known as Houston 2016 I took a great class with Sarah Ann Smith.  We started by painting with Lumiere paint.  I've used Lumiere before but I forgot how much fun it could be.  I started with an original design.  

I mixed the paints some so they gradated from green to light blue.  It was really fun.  Then we let it dry and layered it for quilting.  I started this part in class.

I'm sorry this picture is so blurry, but I can't go back to Houston and change it (Maybe in November!).  I started by stitching some in a pink thread adding quilted details coming into my leaves.

Then I stitched the other side of the leaves in a variegated thread.  It was a lot of fun to add the texture. 

Then I sat staring at the quilt trying to figure out what to do next.  I really liked this little quilt and I didn't want to mess it up.  Sarah suggested pebbles down the middle of the feathers. So I went for it...

Yup.  The pebbles were so worth it.  But class was over, so I brought my little quilt home.  And hung it on my design wall.  Where it stayed for a LONG time because I was scared to screw it up!

Come back Wednesday to see how I continued this fun project!

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy