{"id":1208,"date":"2013-06-26T12:52:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T19:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2013-06-26T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T19:52:03","slug":"on-my-design-wall-2013-06-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2013\/06\/26\/on-my-design-wall-2013-06-26\/","title":{"rendered":"On my design wall – 2013.06.26"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TerryAske-RainyDayPeople4\"<\/a>A nice surprise in my email inbox yesterday – my entry to the Quilting Arts ‘Text Me’ reader challenge was featured in the Quilting Daily newsletter<\/a> email.\u00a0 And again in today’s email<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Which reminds me, my entry to the ‘Map It Out’ reader challenge\u00a0 appeared in the June\/July issue<\/a> of Quilting Arts magazine.\u00a0 I always get such a thrill when I see my work published!<\/p>\n

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I’m working on two projects right now.\u00a0 I’ve been working for two or three weeks on a custom portrait quilt.\u00a0 The photo it’s based on is fairly blurry, and the heads in the quilt will each be only 3 or 4 inches high, so I won’t do any facial features.\u00a0 I’ve used that technique before in this quilt<\/a> of me and my sisters, and just added some shading around the edges of the faces. \u00a0I think this technique will work well for this portrait.<\/p>\n

I’m taking photos of my process and will eventually post some tutorials on how I go from photo to pattern, and how I construct a portrait quilt.\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s the starting photo and my pattern (reversed for use with fusible web).<\/p>\n

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I spent quite a bit of time selecting fabrics. After several iterations, I’ve come up with fabrics I’m very happy with. I sent the photo below to my customer before I fused the fabrics together to get her approval (she said she thought the fabrics were perfect!)\u00a0\u00a0 For the background, only the light fabrics have been cut to size – the others are just there to check the colors.\u00a0 I’ve actually done a lot more work on the background since this photo was taken, but will post photos of that later.<\/p>\n

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I’ve had to set the portrait quilt aside for a couple of days because I suddenly realized a deadline was looming.\u00a0 I had sent away a long time ago for a fat quarter to participate in the Sew Batik challenge<\/a> for the Pacific West Quilt Show.\u00a0 I realized a couple of days ago that my quilt has to arrive in Washington state by the end of next week.\u00a0\u00a0 Since mail from Canada to the US takes a long time, I need to get it finished quickly.\u00a0 I’ve always known what theme I wanted to do – Starry Winter Night – but hadn’t really thought about the details.\u00a0 I decided to go with an abstract look, and challenged myself to complete it in two days.\u00a0 Last night I selected fabrics and fused the background.\u00a0 This morning, I layered the quilt, added the tree trunks (most of them have an extra layer of batting for added dimension) and quilted it.\u00a0 I took the photo below at noon.\u00a0 I just have to apply the facings, sleeve and label.\u00a0 I plan to mail it tomorrow morning – some sort of record for me!\u00a0 Then I can get back to the portrait quilt.<\/p>\n

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As always, I\u2019m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.\u00a0 Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.<\/p>\n

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A nice surprise in my email inbox yesterday – my entry to the Quilting Arts ‘Text Me’ reader challenge was featured in the Quilting Daily newsletter email.\u00a0 And again in today’s email! 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