Journal Quilt Project

I've signed up for this year's Journal Quilt Project with the Contemporary Quilt Group. I've recently become a member so thought it was a way to get involved. It has to be 10" x 10" and for the first four months must inlcude a circle.

As this month has been so grey I felt the need to reflect this in my quilt. I also used the phrase "behind every cloud, the sun is shining". All the fabrics are commercially bought but I have added various media on top. The left hand panel is over printed with circles using bubble wrap to represent the rain drops. The centre panel is printed with a block made from string which I made when doing Creative Sketchbooks - this represents the bare trees that contrast against the grey skies. The final panel was over printed with grey and silver fabric paint which had been painted on to bondaweb. Each panel was then free machine quilted. The silver circle is layers of silver and white organza.