GREY BARN RED BARN

Can not believe that so much time has past since my last post.  I had a very bad cold and just could not focus with all the sneezing, coughing and blow of the nose!   However it seems to have finally moved on so I was back in the studio today.

All the background tress are quilted.  I then began work on constructing the two barns I wanted to add to the scene.  I have quilted the grey one but still need to quilt the red one.  Once it is quilted I will add the windows. 

There is a lot more to come!

Final Addition

 I thought I would show you how I construct a very small bird for this piece.  This is just how I do it.  No rules here....just what I have found works for me.   this bird is about 2 inches long.  I start with a cutout of him to use as a guide.  This black fabric is very light.

 I have him drawn out on a piece of tracing paper that you saw me use on the quilt itself yesterday as a point of reference.

 I start with the furthest part of the bird from the front and layer as I come closer fusing them down.  This is where the tracing paper drawing helps with being sure it is placed where it needs to be.

I use a thin fabric marker to add some of the birds feather markings as they are way to small to fuse on.

 I continue layering.  I have chosen all my fabrics before hand.  So they are ready to go and I have drawn out the sections of the bird on my fusible web ahead too. 

 The process moves along fairly well as you can see but it is tiny pieces so takes longer then it looks.....but......

At the end of several hours...your blue jay is ready to be quilted on.

Corrections

Sometimes working late at night is not a good thing.  I got up this morning and looked at this piece and could see mistakes made.  It was immediate.   Funny how that works.  You feel good the night before and then when looking at it with fresh eyes, it seems so obvious.  So I made the corrections.  It was the two new trees.  If you look at my previous post you will see the difference.  They needed to be perfectly vertical like the others and the furthest one needed to go off the top of the quilt.  Now it is so much better and I will quilt it and add needles and snow and then my blue jay will be added. 

What a difference a day makes.

Just A Bit More

Some of the last additions have been added....you can see one of the additions that has not been completed on a branch. It is drawn on a piece of tissue paper but not make yet.

The snow in the background is painted in.

I am close to finishing now so stay tuned.

Tree & Fence

More small additions have been added to the scene.  I placed a tree to the left of the yellow house.
Then a second addition is the fence in the foreground.  Right now it is scraps of fabric just placed on there to audition how I wanted it to travel across the quilt.  Now that I like the layout I will replace these with the real ones and fuse them down.

Still more details to come....so stay tuned.