The quilt that I am quilting is coming along beautifully. But I decided to pull out an old project - Oh my, this one dates back to November 2015. I had a "hankering" to do something in a different creative mode. And now I am not sure when I will be quilting that quilt again. But I don't plan to let it sit for over five years like this did.
In the post - way back then - I said "needs to sit and mature for a bit." - I suspect that five years and two months was just about right.
I pulled out the beginnings and started doing some fusible applique. It is a fact that I have a bin of pre-fused fabrics that were ready to cut and fuse. Since I had a good start, it was easy to take off running. Here is where it is now.
I am not sure if he is a Jester or perhaps some sort of magical creature. What I do know is that he is much changed from the original start that looked like this.
I removed those eyes and made new ones. Then I added to the head piece
to make it more three dimensional looking.
Hair was added. Then the eyebrows had to change also.
Then the mouth and a nose.
He looked like a floating head, so I grounded him -sort of- with the circles and petal shapes.
I took him to audition backgrounds. I even cut one piece, but it was too busy and distracting.
I finally pulled out a piece of hand dyed fabric - nearly perfect!
I started to fuse him down - Oh no! I can't leave that nose. So I pulled off the offensive nose
(it was too dark and drew attention directly to it.)
I auditioned more fabric for noses. Finally, this piece looked "right."
I added the nose and fused the entire piece to the background.
I have lots of stitches to add to him to fasten the pieces securely.
He needs batting and backing. Then I can quilt it all into one fun little art quilt.
In case you were wondering, I did get the pieces of the quilt that are quilted joined into one piece.
I have half a quilt.
Perhaps you would like to see the back and look at some of the quilting from the back of the quilt.
Which project will I work on next? Who knows? The muse can be fickle. But when I am
smart I listen to her and follow along.
Until Next Time,
Stay Creative

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