Ok, so this is the original inspiration photo for the quilt I'm working on - thank you Nina, yes I lifted it from your blog. It's the one your daughter took I think . I love it.
And yes, what I've ended up with is not that close but it's just the inspiration - ;-D
The bench was easy, just reverse, trace and fuse
But the background - a different story - I tried this - eh
Reversed it - nah
And this, to dark and busy
Let's try something other than batiks - what!!! Blasphemy!
(But it just might work)
Maybe if I add some trees - hmmmmm, yes
So I've added and moved and built. It is now fused down so like it or leave it at this point. I think the bench blends in to much but we will see what quilting does. If I use a dark green thread to outline the bench and do the rest in a lighter blend in tone?
Stay tuned :-)
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what no comment?! This is fun, I love stones, and your inspiration. I liked seeing some of your choices too. Don't you just want to hear how people make choices? I do. It's a hard part of the process, choosing the background. It does blend, and threads will help. Look at the original pic, the bench has a lot more contrast between light and dark.
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