Construction

I cut out all my pieces for my goose late last night.  They have the fusible on the backs of them.

Then I positioned them on top of my teflon sheet until they looked right and fused them together.

After fusing it all together I pinned it on my quilt just to check the colors with the background.

Looks like he is way too small in comparison to the corn stalks.  He will have to be redone or moved to the background and another made for the foreground.   Not sure I want two geese in this quilt.

I may try cutting down the width of the stalks instead.   

This is the time it is good to walk away and then come back and rethink.

The Goose

Decided I should design my goose that I want to add to my quilt that I began the other day (here).  I am not sure if I want him in the foreground or behind a few corn stalks so better to have him ready to move around for the best spot as I construct the rest.  

I drew him out a bit abstactly and then selected fabric this morning.  Don't you love that feather-like one in the upper lefthand corner?   I found that in Chicago when shopping the vendors and knew it was perfect for this goose's back.

Begin Anew

I have begun a new quilt.  Back when I did the commission for Sherman Hospital I did a landscape of
geese in a corn field.   While a worked on it I was thinking of a more abstract version of it.  I jotted down some notes and now I thought I would begin working on those ideas. 

I want to make it more textural, more layered, unperfect, rough cuts etc.  We will see how this goes and where it takes me.