Category: Portraits
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Time for a break
As you might have noticed, I’ve been keeping pretty busy lately. This afternoon was the perfect time for a little break and a mini celebration. Off to Dairy Queen for a cappuccino heath blizzard. Mmmm… I did do some work today. I finished blocking the quilt and took some good pictures. I might try some…
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Windblown
Introducing “Windblown.” I just finished the binding! Time for a little break and a mini celebration 🙂 If you’ve been following the progress day by day, thank you for your interest, your comments and encouragement! If you’re seeing this for the first time and if you’re interested, you can see the work in progress by…
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Work in progress: feathers in her hair
I squeezed in a couple hours of quilting last night, and then started again bright and early this morning. I’ve started quilting her hair. I wanted to make a connection between her hair and the gusts of wind, so I’ve been quilting feathers and strings of pearls in some of the strands. I’ve finished all…
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Work in progress: background wind gusts
All my spare hours are being spent quilting the background. I wanted a something that suggested wind blowing. I confess I love feathers, though, so I decided to try to combine the two. I’m also working in parts of a quilt block called “Windblown Star.” (I love Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia Of Pieced Quilt Patterns.) I…
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Work in progress: skin tones finished
I finished the face at about 11:45 last night. Had a good night’s sleep and am ready to tackle the background. I’m sure that will involve lots of problem solving! The hair will be done last. I also need to think of a good title.
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Work in progress: quilting
The quilting has begun. I started on the easiest thing first: the green sweater. I decided to use three values of green to quilt it. I’m quilting it very close together because I want it to contrast with the areas of trapunto. I haven’t done that before, so we’ll see how that works out! After…
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Work in progress: pin basting
No more procrastinating! I just finished pin basting my current work in progress. Today I start quilting! I tried something new (to me) this time. I want some areas of trapunto, and I wanted to do it as easy as possible, so I am using two battings. I’m using Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 Cotton Blend…
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Work in progress: quilting motifs
I spent the weekend adding some Shiva Paintstiks to my painting. I added color and texture in the hair, and also added the suggestion of a traditional quilt block called “Windblown Star” in the sky. Now for the fun part: planning out how I might quilt this piece. I don’t usually do too much advance…
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Work in progress: behind the hair
Yesterday I worked on the background. I decided to put in the suggestion of a stormy sky. I stippled it on with a stencil brush so it would be uneven and cloudy. Today is a day for critical examination and color corrections. I suppose I better start thinking how I’ll quilt it, too.
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Work in progress: beyond the hair
I took a deep breath and started painting the face and hand yesterday. I’m happy with it for the most part. Mostly, I’m glad that part is over! It’s always a bit stress-inducing 🙂 I took a picture of the work in progress and opened the file in Photoshop Elements. This allowed me to audition…