A Fruit Study in Oils
by Fred Makalinaw

When I saw the first of these designs stitched out all I could think of was an oil painting. I had to stitch it myself on pieced silk for the picture below. Though these designs use a lot of colors, there are few jumps and are easy stitching. In person they look like you can reach in and pick up the fruit. In addition to making great pictures, I can also see them in a shadow box quilt wall hanging as I have illustrated further down this page. For kitchen accessories, they would be very appropriate for small appliance covers; the smaller designs could be used on curtains and towels and a wall arrangement of several pictures.

Fred has created a companion set to these designs A Fruit Study in Oils 2