Midnight in The Garden is one of those pleasant surprises which result when you enter your sewing world, throw away the rules and play. It was also almost rejected from a quilt show because it was mistaken as a "cheater" quilt, but then went on to claim a first prize! It also came about because I kept drooling over a friend's massive collection of upholstery and drapery fabrics! I had been wanting to experiment with the idea of Broderie Perse using the fusible webs now available. The combination worked well. I decided to let the applique stitches and the quilting be one and the same. I used a metallic gold for all the applique work and did additional quilting with a pale metallic green all over the background. Bugle beads add a glint of dew to the flowers and leaves.