quilt tattoo

I added a snake to my quilt back, sort of like a quilt tattoo.

• I drew a snake on a large piece of paper.
• I used this as my pattern/template.
• I placed a piece of interfacing onto my fabric and cut out my snake through both layers at once adding a quarter inch seam.
• Next I stitched around the entire snake.
• Then I snipped an opening in the interfacing and turned the snake right side out.

Until that moment, I had just been making an applique shape, a mere applique shape.

 When I began to turn my snake right side out though, it looked pretty snake-ish.

 It reminded me of a real snake skin that I unfortunately discovered on one of my woodland rambles once.

 Finding a snake skin is almost as bad as finding a snake.

 I pinned my snake down and threaded a needle.

 There it was, slithering along at the edge of my quilt back.

 What an unexpected jolt of color on the large, black back.