Last minute desires...

So, just because it's always a good idea to do one more project at the last minute, I decided that I needed a companion piece to go with Koi Moon #2 for my upcoming show.  There's not a stitch in this one yet, but it's laid out and ready to go!  Shouldn't be a problem to finish it in just a week, along with a Halloween costume, right?

Koi Moon #2

Sun Trout

My next show...

In less than two weeks, I'll be hanging work for a solo show at the Hadley Regional Fish & Wildlife Service gallery, in Hadley, MA.  My exhibit dates got bumped up, so I'm currently finishing four plus pieces!

Details: 

Quilted Landscapes: 

Shades of Summer

by Elizabeth Sylvan 

November 2 - December 29

 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife

Service Gallery

300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA

(Behind Staples)

Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Closed Federal Holidays

Artist Reception

Wednesday, November 18, 4:30-6:00 pm

finishing my latest commission, choosing a pose...

couple 1

couple 2

couple 3

couple 1 details

couple 2 detail

couple 3 detail

Seven Hills Inn - coming right along!

Building and trees are pin basted and ready to stitch this week.  Time to think about the foreground, flowers, etc. and border choices.  I'll try to take sample shots with the border soon.

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