Category: Folk Art Embroidery
The Fairytale Bird (2010) Russian Folk Art style
“The Fairytale Bird” 2010 project was an experiment. In 2009 I got my longarm quilting machine and was willing to make whole cloth quilt. It was quilted totally free hand and then painted with fabric paints. This quilt introduces a traditional Russian design, “Khokhloma“, which often incorporates vivid poetic imagery into large floral elements. It …