For this month's challenge, the Island Batik Brand Ambassadors have been working with Needle, Paper, Scissors as the theme!
I will be honest, paper piecing is not my favorite technique.... but I'm not afraid of a challenge! I wanted to make a fun pattern, something whimsical and why not a paper-pieced pumpkin for Halloween!
I have named it Paisley Pumpkin since there is a paisley motif in the fabric in the middle of it's forehead!
I started with a digital sketch that I created in my design software. This gave me a general idea of what the pumpkin would look like and most importantly, it allowed me to print the papers for the paper piecing.
Next I started sorting thru the fabrics I have received as an Island Batik ambassador. I found all these fun orange patterns - paisley, ferns and swirls! And then I found some wicked cool gray batik for the eyes .... I love the eyes the best. They look so real :)
I'm so pleased with Paisley Pumpkin and I hope you enjoy him too! I used Warm 80/20 batting from The Warm Company but it would have been really fun to have used a super thick batting to give him more dimension.
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What fun! Very creative
ReplyDeleteCute Jack o latern!
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