Zen Garden

My Zentangle inspired art drawing yielded this fun wall quilt, Zen Garden, 36.5" x 37.5" (fig. 1).  The drawing was printed onto 4 letter-sized fabric sheets then set vertically and horizontally alternating the pattern to create circular movement.  Subtle color and background quilting were free-motion stitched using colored 40 wt. cotton and 40 wt. trilobal poly threads with 100 wt. monofilament in the bobbin.  The inner raw-edge applique border was created using design elements already in the drawing.  Outer border is a commercial fabric with some of the design elements placed out into the interior to create an irregular line.

Zen Garden          36.5" x 37.5"                  fig. 1