Quilted Art-Bowl of Flowers

Was creating with food for the holidays so no time for sewing. Now I am back to working on pentagon designs. I enjoy the challenge of the irregular shape. This quilted art, Bowl of Flowers, was created in August and finished Sept., 2007. I used my hand-dyed cotton fabrics and hand-quilted the art. It is about 18"x 18". Just the right size to handquilt and not take months to do. I used the light-shadow areas to depict the sun shining on the flowers --more quilting on light colored fabrics and less quilting on darker fabrics. The bowl is "cut-glass" style.
For new project am trying to decide whether to piece a new design or trying painting it. Painting would be quicker and I could get to do the handquilting sooner.