Still Life in Blue

Inspired by fabulous peonies, use interesting fabrics to make an attractive machine appliqué, adding quilting (by machine or hand or both ) to make this beautiful cheery wallhanging. An opportunity to use treasured scraps of precious fabrics, and to delve into your stash of hand quilting threads. 
STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
Fabrics 
– 3/4 metre of plain or almost plain background fabric.  I chose cream 
– 3/4 metre of backing fabric and wadding to match 
– collection of fabrics in chosen palette – I used blues, but this works well for a single family of coloured fabrics (say blues or reds), or a variety of colours if you prefer. Include 2 or 3 fat quarters as well as smaller scraps. 
– lightweight bondaweb and pencil 
 
Equipment
– sewing machine, including foot for free machine quilting 
– cutting board, ruler and cutter
– sewing notions, scissors, needles etc
– threads to match chosen fabrics and background, 
– hand stitch threads for adding hand quilting