Moving Into The Water

 I am slowly moving into the water now.  The shoreline is pretty much finished on the land  and now need to work on the pier soon and then all the reeds and lily pads.

Put in two red twig dogwoods not in the inspiration photo but what is found on the shoreline on this lake.  Need to tone down the leaves on the one on the right but am not concerned about it yet.  Will first see how it plays with the other elements that are yet to come.   Great progress in four hours time.

Next will be some lighter colored reeds and then the pier and the rowboat parked behind it.  This will be difficult as I must get the angles right or it will not work.  It is when you do have to use your math skills and think about angles etc.  In my case that is where I need to mentally prepare myself first and wake up the other side of my brain!

Hope you all are enjoying this so far!  Can you smell the water yet?

"The Boat"

 "The Boat"

33" X 16"

Original Design

Rawedged Fused Applique

Machine Quilted

 

Here are the three of my water scene quilts.  Starting at the top is "The Boat"  then "Lily Pads & Cattails" and finally "Reflectons".   I am happy with all three as a series.  It was fun working on each one of them individually and then helped me get through the difficult time of closing our Antique Shop and liquidating .  The calmness portrayed in each one helped when things were in chaos.  

This will complete this small series and now I will move on to something new and fresh.  Thank you for visiting. 

Grandsons & A Boat

Had my Grandsons, Max and Clayton stay with us for a few days .....It was a lot of fun.

 Max is becoming quite the artist and sat at my cutting table drawing one morning in his pj's.

Work continues in between on my boat water scene with the reeds and grasses around it. 

Building

I have finished the basic parts of the boat and put it in to the scene in order to start  putting in the reeds and grasses around it.  Once those are quilted in I will return to the boat for some more of the details.  The idea of it is to look abandoned amongst the water plants so we will see how that works out.  But a good start.

Tomorrow we are going out on Crystal Lake with friends in their pontoon boat.  Crystal Lake is only about 5 minutes from us and is just like its name...crystal clear.  After our "cruise" we will go out to dinner.

Gotta love retirement!!!!