I finished the portraits quilt I showed you in the last post.
I used the index card portraits as my inspiration, so I used background fabric that would result in the same size as the index cards.
I used fusible applique to add the body and the body parts: hair, whites of eyes, eyeballs, nose (optional), mouth, and clothing.
I decided to use the binding fabric as a border instead, and since it looked like a frame, I decided to birth the quilt instead of bind it.
I used embroidery stitches to stabilize the quilt instead of stitching in the ...
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