BarbaraZuazua The Very Best and Very Worst Afternoon - I intended to enter the Novel Idea Challenge in Quilting Arts Magazine but didn't finish on time. Months later I dug it out and finally finished it. Anyone who has read "Memiors of a Geisha" will recognize the moment in which this image illustrates. A GREAT read! I read it 4 times! In this small quilt I was beginning to get comfortable with free motion sewing and thread painting. Since the piece is small I was able to breath and relax a bit. I used Jaquard irridescent and dyna-flo dyes on silk for the basis of the thread work. The geishas are all appliques made by bobbin sewing with a slightly metalic black floss, cutting away the fabric edges after sewing. The 'ghost' images of her memory were also bobbin sewn onto tule. I used water soluable stablizer on all applique pieces.