Sky...

a strip of sky, pinned and ready to stitch!

sky stitched, starting to lay on the trees and building

laying in the treeline

Moving right along...

Selecting more fabric from Southampton Quilts... 

The fabrics below are for the borders.  I like the green, but I'm on the fence about which blue to use.

This blue is mixed with a touch of red on a gray field

                     This blue is consistently navy blue and black

This small square will be a window. If I hold it up to the light, I can see the pattern lines through the fabric and can trace them to the front of the fabric.  Eventually I'll stitch them.  I'm basically using my living room window as a light box.

cutting out pieces!  Each one has a pattern piece ironed to the back

The pieces will eventually fit together like a puzzle.  I lay them on the pattern to check the fit.

Wedding quilt teasers

Here are a few teaser pics of the start of my process as I begin to pick out fabrics and assemble the top...

enlarging the sketch to full size

 

 

 

fabric selection begins

ironing patterns to fabric - this will be the base layer for the flowering trees