NEW BEGINNING

The past week has seen two other unsuccessful skies.....until this....the third sky....More how I wanted it to look.  The rest of the background has also been fused and quilted on.   Now my "canvas" is ready for this piece to come together.

I do not worry wasting time on unsuccessful tries because I always save them and I know one day those other two failures will be exactly what I need for a new piece and how nice that will be when it is all finished and just needs to be fused on when that day comes.

BEGINNING

 Of course you always begin with your fabric selection.  I chose to keep this sky more neutral but added in some blue just so it reads as a sky.

Once the fabric is selected I cut pieces of it dependent on how much I need to fill the area that is sky and then iron fusible on the back, trim it, tear off the paper on the fusible and stack them to I can cut them in strips all together.

 Now I have a pile of strips to use on my sky.

I add them in one at a time.  Since this landscape will have a hill on the right I make sure to place those strips closer together to make the happen.  I made a good start today.

 Here is my sunflower quilt where I used large chunks for the sky in order to create a stormy windy day.

I also chose to create the field these flowers are near in large furrows of plowed fired.  You can use whatever you feel to convey the message you are attempting to send.

I am happy to start again....spring brings so many new outdoor jobs that it is much more difficult to spend time in the studio until it is all finished and I am close now.   Hope you all follow me on this journey.

THE HICKORY TREE

 THE HICKORY TREE

17 3/4" X 26 3/4"

Original Design

Raw Edged Fused Applique

Machine Quilted

Couched Yarn Binding

This quilt will be for sale in my Etsy Shoppe.....you can go there by clicking on it in my sidebar.
I will post the journey of this piece tomorrow.

NEW BEGINNING

 

 Felt like diving into a new piece I had been thinking of doing while working on "The Farmhouse".

So chose my fabrics and put fusible on these pieces so they were ready to go.

I cut them randomly into strips and assembled them from dark to light for my sky.  Then quilted them down.   I like using this technique again.....it is the most like painting to me.....Sometimes I use larger pieces...sometimes strips like this.....but it is always fun to do.