oil spill quilt progress

I started with basting the watercolor patches to my muslin:

The watercolors are from my sketchbook over the summer

(posts labeled: oil spill series)

I used a "light fabric transfer paper" (Avery brand) that I just ran through my inkjet.

I scanned all of the original watercolors first 

and flipped them to mirror image before running the transfer paper through the printer.

I must say that I am very pleased with the quality of the transfer ...

... and the ease of the transfer process

- easy peasy -

I dyed the muslin scraps with tea

(green tea, black tea and hibiscus tea to get the different colors)

and have started stitching them between the images

this is where it's really getting fun

it's just so peaceful to do handstitching

very similar to knitting

pick it up

put it down

stitch and think

think and stitch

thanks for looking :)