Have I really not posted since December? I was busy in Spring teaching an Excel class which I hadn't taught before. Went on a week and a half trip to Orlando and Disney World right after school let out. This summer I've been busy with a major garden project in the front yard. I did manage to get a quilt done last month, although I can't show more than a preview since it's a challenge project which can't be revealed yet.
It’s Whisper Challenge time again. Here is a small detail of
how I began. The top is pieced together with overlapping edges held together
with zigzag stitching. I drew the main design lines directly on the top with a
permanent fabric marker. They are hardly visible now after I have added all of
the layers of paint and quilting. The completed quilt won’t be revealed until after
the challenge is complete in February 2013.
The 2011Whisper Challenge can now be viewed on the SAQA regional blog. My quilt “Figs
for a Crow” is the seventh quilt in Group 5.
Here is the photo, which I started from. A small crab on a rocky beach.
Here it is my finished quilt. I zoomed in on the little
crab, brightened the color scheme up, and added a few barnacles.
I love what Deb Cashatt
came up with next. She manipulated the photo of my quilt in Photoshop, and came
up with something totally unique.