Finishing up the "Quilt" for BJP

I have stitched together my "quilt" of blocks in four rows of three, using strips of fabric. I chose a very dark green pant-weight fabric. I made the fabric into tubes, and turned them so there are no raw edges on the lattice fabric and it is double for strength. I will add a wider piece on the outside edges using the same formula. This I will put over a painter's canvas already stretched onto a wooden frame. I am thinking at this point that I will pad it with a layer of batting to soften the look, then stitch through at strategic places stretching it as I go, and finally stapling the borders to the wood on the back. That is my short term solution, but I think that I will finally use an actual frame on it. That remains to be seen, both in terms of finances and artistry. I may like it just fine with a wider border of the green, and not need it framed.... I am, after all, firstly a quilter! LOL!

LATE JULY ALREADY????

Well, it's been a while since I've written, and much else has happened. I am nearly finished with my June page..... it still needs some yellow beads in the center, but the white daisy is done... it was fun to create textures on each petal. I spent much of the month working on the photos from my friend's wedding, so it is appropriate that it is a white wedding flower!

I decided to use photos of flowers that I had printed on fabric run through my own ink jet printer. The fabric that I buy is already adhered to a piece of paper which I leave on as stabilizer. I am really pleased with the process. Since I'm working so large, it's harder to get my hand around the paper, but it smooshes up pretty well.
The center of a daisy already looks like it's beaded, so that has me somewhat stumped. I think I am going to use beads in a star shape and then fill in, using graduated sizes. We'll see what the beads tell me to do!
And my July page is more than half done..... it's also a flower, but this time it's an iris. The center was pretty difficult and I used 15's so it went pretty slowly. But now I am doing the petals and using 10's and 8's so it is filling in faster. I am really pleased with the look so far.
My idea for the "finished product" is to make a wall quilt of these flowers. We'll see.... they may need to be in an album for a while, but eventually, they will probably be in a wall quilt.
Can't figure out how to move photos around in this blog, so they are all at the top.... sorry.
K

To Decide

So now I really have to decide.... I have been toying with many ideas for about three weeks now. I don't know which to do. Since I am a quilter first, I had thought I would do a crazy quilt kind of thing, but then I felt that was too ordinary. Next I thought I would use some of my favorite fabrics and bead solidly on them, but that's not exactly my style either. Than I considered using my sunprints to bead around. Those would be unique, but LARGE if I used my current collection of prints. Now I am looking at using my photos of flowers printed onto fabric through my inkjet printer. I would bead them to enhance certain portions of the flower. Since the paper comes pre-stuck to paper, I could use it as is as my stabilizer. I'm thinking of using close-ups of my flowers.... this blurs them a bit, but as long as I define the lines with beads, it will be ok......
SO, my format size will need to be a little larger than most I've been hearing about in this project. I am thinking in the range of 6"x6" or even larger..... some of the photos are vertical, some horizontal.... that would be interesting to have a combination, but the same measurement! Once I commit, I think that I will enjoy the process. AND I can move on to other floral designs if I want to and not stick exclusively to my own photos, although I like that idea.