Heatherjl After living in the tropics for many years I have come to love the beauty in the Orchid flower. I decided to try and create a quilt using the Orchid flower and Indigo fabric. I wanted all the fabrics to be pieced so I decided that paper piecing was the best way to attempt this quilt. Working with each petal I mapped out the position of the 5 fabrics that I wanted to use in the orchid. I drew many lines on the paper until I had filled the petal and was able to paper piece the entire petal. The petals were then bound with the light blue fabric to give the outline that I could see in the original photo. The flower petals were sewn together and the centre was appliqued into place. I appliqued the entire flower onto a piece of raw silk and finished it off with machine quilting in the flower. I hand quilted the background with silk thread and incorporated blue beads to give the background some texture. The quilt is bound with the silk fabric and the light blue where the orchid meets the eadge of the quilt.