CRANES & SHADOWS

When I returned to the studio today, I was not happy with the scene.  Seemed the shadows were becoming secondary to the pond and two cranes and that was not my purpose.  So decided to put three cranes and their shadows on the hillside....and leave the larger crane in the foreground and eliminate the other one.  Well move the large one around a bit so it does not look like the tree is growing out of its head but it will be somewhere in this area.   I am much happier with it now and will quilt these three down and then construct the larger crane with detail on him.  I may have to make him a bit taller now as well.  Now I am much happier with this piece and the mood of it.

SAND HILL CRANES

I have finished all the quilting on this piece for all the additions.  Whew!  That took me a long time.   So now....you will see that I have added a pair of Sand Hill Cranes.  We have many of them here and I hear them every day and see them fly over the house.  I just need to go down our road a bit and I can see them out in the fields.  So I had to interpret them in a piece.

I am using my tissue paper drawing to place them in the scene moving them around in different locations until I like the placement.  Right now this is looking pretty good to me.

NOW THE POND

I made the pond and added it and the grasses , rocks and shadows to this piece.  They are fused on but not yet quilted.  I am not a fan of "cheater" fabric but do like to use it when making grasses that are too far away to make them out of individual pieces.  They are great to use as a guide to make it all look natural and once it is quilted you will hardly be able to tell I used it.

I am hoping to quilt this section this week so stay tuned to see how it works out.

TREES AND SHADOWS

How about a few trees and some shadows to set the mood of this piece.   More to come but so far it is coming along as I hoped for.

So much going on this month....mother's day, my birthday, my son's birthday, my daughter's birthday!!!   All fun and joyous events.

Next month will be my mother's 91st bday which I am hosting and then Father's day and my husband and my Anniversary....so summer continues to be full.

Hope all is well in your lives...and you continue to follow along with me in this journey.