"The QUILTED Bee"

Sometimes I find inspiration by writing out lists of topics and then trying to think of as many items concerning that topic as I can to create a pleasant composition...

This is the process I used to create  

"THE QUILTED BEE".

First I decided it would be about sewing, so then I started thinking about sewing notions, machines, pins etc.

I did a rough sketch...here it is.

Once I had the rough sketch done, I did some homework and found many images for inspiration. I will include a few of them here

So, my complete list of items included in the final composition are;

• PIN CUSHION
• CRAFT BOX
• 2 BOLTS OF FABRIC
• SCISSORS
• SEWING MACHINE
• IRON
• 2 BUTTONS
• SEAM RIPPER
• MEASURING TAPE
• THREAD
• 2 TYPES OF EMBROIDERY FLOSS
• 1 SHARP NEEDLE WITH WHITE THREAD
• 1 BLUNT NEEDLE NEAR DMC THREAD
• APPLIQUE BOOK
• YARN AND KNITTING NEEDLES
• 2 SIMPLICITY CLOTHING PATTERNS
• LACE
• VINTAGE QUILT PATTERN BOOK
• RIBBON RACK 
• "THE QUILTED BEE"  WALL HANGING 

Now that the items have been chosen and the preliminary sketch has been drawn up, I can transfer my ideas to my MDF board.

Here are the materials I used;

• AN MDF BOARD measuring 24" Long  X  14.5" Tall

• A MIXTURE OF CRAFTERS ACRYLIC PAINT AND ARTIST ACRYLICS

• ACRYLIC VARATHANE COATING

Here is a photo of the final draft on the MDF board.

The following photos will show the progression of the project.

Here it is with three coats of gloss acrylic varathane.

I hope you all enjoyed this post!

Until next time, happy crafting!!!