"How I Spent My Summer Vacation"

1998

This was my very first pictorial quilt.  It was based on two photographs taken in Hawaii.  

The entire background is tiny scraps of fabric which have been layered on top of fusible fleece.  The piece was then stippled with a very tiny stippling stitch.  Free motion threadwork gives the effect of the setting sun.  The palm trees were cut from upholstery velour and appliquéd on.