northwind Van Gogh's Blue Vase w/Flowers - My small art quilt group (The Van Go-Go Girls) had a challenge this year to make a small quilt (maximum size 80-inch perimeter) based on a Van Gogh painting. I did a variation of one of Van Gogh's Vase of Flowers. The background behind the flowers was confetti blue and yellow with a very pale yellow tulle to capture anything that would not stay fused down. The flowers and leaves are all 3-D, using two pieces of fabric fused with heavy duty fusible. The small blue flowers were each beaded in the center and then glued on. The daisy-like flowers have yo-yo centers with beaded stamens. The vase was hand-appliqued and did not lie well after quilting the background and was completely beaded in a free-form design, which only took 10 days to complete. I used Superior Thread's Bottom Line for the beading. The blue and yellow fabrics were all hand-dyed. The background and leaves were commerical fabrics and the tablecloth is Cherrywood.