This is my latest piece titled, “Losing my marbles”. I made it for a guild challenge. We were given a random candy and were to make something using that candy as inspiration. I was lucky and got this package of M&M’s 
. When I poured them out, they rolled around like marbles. That gave me the inspiration. I used the color of the wrapper for my hand dyed background fabric. I then marbled some fabric for the marbles. I made those in gradating sizes to hopefully give the illusion of the marbles pouring out. The marbling was done with fabric ink and shaving cream. 
You can see what I did on the Dharma Trading website. This link shows the product I used and the technique.
I hand appliqued the circles using an extra layer of batting to give them more definition. It was a fun project to work on and I have it hanging in my studio. 
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Comments on: "Losing my marbles" (2)
I really like it, Carie! It was fun to follow this piece from conception to completion. I think you did a great job in making the marbles appear to be pouring forward, not only in size, but also in the saturation of color as the marbles get bigger. Well done!
What a fun quilt. You have an amazing imagination and do such incredible work. You should be very proud!