QUILTING BEGINS

I have been spending as much time as I can quilting these two horses and their harnesses.  Am starting with the black thread as so much of the harness is black and I like to outline a lot in black.
It is good to have many of those smaller pieces sewn down so they do not begin to come off with all the handling that goes on during the sewing process.   Coming along though....lots to do yet.

PAIR OF HORSES

Just finished these two horses for my newest piece....happy with the results and will stare quilting them down today.   Horse no.2 looks much improved with the lightening up of his shadowed side of his face.

HORSE NO. 2

Work continues on my horses.  Horse No. 2 on the left is going to take a while as he has so much more of his harness showing.  It is a challenge making all the hooks, buckles, straps, etc for these but at the same time sort of fun when it all comes together.  Definitely much have a lot of patience for this though and the quilting will also take time.  I am happy with the progress made and hope it continues to move along as well as it has so far.

HORSES BEGIN

 Began working on the horses today...I know this will be a task to make them pop out of the scene.  The beginnings look rather poor....but must have faith.

By the end of the afternoon.....things are beginning to loo a little more optimistic. 

The Evolution of "Buck & Jack"

This is an example of what makes a quilter far superior to an oil painter!  Those harnesses….would have taken 1/20th the time to put on these horses then cutting them out of fabric and fusing them on along with rings and buckles etc.  However, that being said, the results are oh so worth it!  This was 3 full days of work.

I need to work the background a bit before fusing these bad boys onto it…so they will stay on my teflon sheet until it is ready.