I loved the colors and blooms in my front porch planter. So, I used photos of this planter for inspiration!

 

I sketched my composition primarily in Adobe Illustrator, based on my photo. 

 

I created and organized templates for the elements in my composition.

 

Fabric selection - my favorite part! I chose bright, vibrant, semi-solid fabric colors, mostly batiks. I traced my templates onto the fusible web paper and organized them by fabric type.

 

Starting to see the project coming together as it's assembled on my background fabric! 

 

Detail time! I started by adding a base layer of thread painting to my elements. 

 

Next, I created texture and dimension by adding some hand embroidery stitches. 

 

And then, I quilted my composition to mimic the look of lush foliage running through the background.

 

After a little binding, voilà! My project is complete!