A Study in Effervescence

 I had several ideas for this theme, and a few that I had in mind didn't look as good in fabric as they did in my mind. I made an attempt at making a face quilt showing a person with an effervescent personality. That was more difficult than I thought it might be. The face quilt may show up at another time, bits and pieces have been saved. So this little quilt is more of a study in effervescence than anything. 

I think of this as a thumbnail sketch of effervescence in a glass. I started with a print fabric that made me think of a glass of bubbly champagne. I added an inset of ombre fabric, then had a little fun seeing if I could add my own efferfescent bubbles through vraious methods. 

I started by printing some circles on the ombre fabric using a gray fabric marker. It worked better than I thought it would! 

They are difficult to see until you get close to the quilt, but I used different sizes of circles and just had fun placing them here and there. 

The addition of some vintage buttons and some hand stitching added a bit more effervescence. 

I even got brave and added some "bubbles" with free motion quilting. I decided to add some effervescence to the back of the quilt as well, using a dotted fabric, just for fun. 

The quilt measures 11 inches by 13 inces, and it is not as wonky as that photo makes it look! I thought I was taking the photo looking straight at the quilt, but apparently not! 

And here's the finish, once again. Not my best work, but I enjoyed the process, just the same. 

I look forward to the next challenge! 

Wendy