{Echo} Week 29 - Flight

Just the sheer delight in taking flight.

Such joy do I feel.  That I am beaming from ear to ear. 

High above I am one with the heavens that reach out around me as

far as I can see.

I love taking flight and I most often do so as a bird.  But for this particular Echo prompt I

couldn't resist this smiley face in flight.

And my Echo partner, Marty's

Marty’s photo editing has made this flight (of stairs)

 so metaphorical.
As I sit and look at it I take flight to so many places.
She did a really great job.  Check out her blog here

{Welcoming Life}...

Welcoming Life this

fine winter's day. 

Technically, it's still winter but

I am always ready for spring to come

and this is a very springy feeling quilt.

It has a light and fresh feel to it.  Just light spring. 

I grabbed a couple of scraps laying on the desk for a

little surprise patch on the back.

And I received a surprise myself when I turn it over after doing some of the quilting.

Although I was careful to pull up the bobbin threads each time I quilted a new line

on the petals this little "thread knot" appeared.  At first I thought it needed to come out.

But while looking at it I saw a little flower design in it.  So I have decided to keep it.

I may yet add a tiny bead to the center to enhance it's look even more so.

{be true art quilt}...

Below is the back label of the Be True Art Quilt.

As you can see from the pins on the binding I still need to do the hand stitching.

I've tried the "stitching in the ditch" method but it never looks all that great

on the back to me.  And I have to go really slow on the front to get it perfect.

So I am ok with doing the hand stitching.

 And the front. 

 I did choose to go more with the folded fabric shape for the dress.

I am so thrilled with being able to use one of my facing paintings on a quilt.

It's one of the many things I love about the Art Quilt.  So much is possible.

I just need more time to create all of the ideas and images I have in my head just

waiting to become an art quilt, journal or some other piece.  I still have many more face paintings ( I wish I had a better way to describe these paintings.  Portrait paintings seem  to formal and face paintings are not quite right either. ANYBODY have a better name)? Anyway, I digress.  

Another quilt with a face will have to wait a bit. What I have in mind for the next quilt

is of a single flower.  And it will not wait.

So before we get snowed in again I'm off to the quilt shop to check out some

fabric options.

[Allowing}...

Allowing the space

to take hold

and bloom

{And the OWOH winner is}...

I am so glad I participated in OWOH again this year.  It was so nice to meet all of you who stopped by and

left a comment.  And some of you even became Followers.

I feel so blessed by these actions.  I just had to moved my Follower's badge down

to the bottom so that all of you can be seen.

 I am still exploring all of your blogs and have even add several to my blog list.

So without further ta do using the.Random Number generator

 the winner is

 #3

Laura at artworks studio 

Congratulation Laura

 I've sent her an email and will be getting her postcard in the mail as soon as I hear back from her

And thanks again to each and everyone of you who stopped by and left a comment

I had a wonderful time.

{Late Night Musings in PSE}

Not really trying to complete anything worthwhile

Just trying to relax before bed.  I created this late night musing

{Gathering the Fabric and Creating the Patterns}...

Getting a new quilt shop in town helped in gathering enough

coordinating fabrics for the quilt.  But which ones for what?

Pinks and browns, blues or

blacks and grays with a bit of teal?

The teal wins!

 I tried out several body shapes.  I finally decided to go with just the upper body as

I would prefer the quilt not be long and skinny.  At least not this time.

I removed the wings from the original painting so that I could

add larger wings to the quilt surface.

Also with the magic of PSE I was able to change the background of the painting

to match the fabric nearly perfectly.  Now that's just plain cool.  I love it.

The body fabric when just laid down to get an idea of

the fabric combinations I want to use is not as curvy as the paper pattern

which I just might like better.  We'll see.

So now I just sit with it for a while longer as she continues

to speak to me before proceeding to cutting it all out.

{Art Portrait to Art Quilt}...

My newest portrait painting step by step. I paused in painting just

long enough to capture some shots for the progression the painting took.

Follow the photos to watch the digression of this finish painting

Next Up ~

 watch how I create an art quilt with her.
Click here for the quilt