May's challenge done!
All damaged digits aside, this was a really fun technique to play with. I found taking the rorshach like flora print made and then going free motion quilting on it with several threads to be very freeing and really interesting.
I decided a checkered border on 2 sides would give it a bump in color.
I used a bright pink, olive green and steel blue threads for free motion quilting around the dyed pieces. I may go back and add a few more along a few spaces.
The back is a few strips of fabrics I thought would contrast with the threads. I love how the reverse image came through - the back is almost prettier than the front!
The flora used were actually small berries, a few weeds and some clipped leaves from house plants. With the free motion quilting I made no attempt at realism - and it creates a floral that is not quite of this world.
This makes a really lovely addition to the year of challenges!
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