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\"DSCN3724\"<\/a>Last week<\/a>, I showed my progress on the Kalina part of the fabric portrait of Thomas and Kalina.\u00a0 I mentioned that I thought the lightest fabric might be too<\/em> light – and many of you agreed.\u00a0\u00a0 So while I worked on the Thomas part of the portrait, I auditioned a lot<\/em> of alternative fabrics – many were too dark, some were too light.<\/p>\n

Eventually I settled on a fabric that is almost ‘just right’ – it could be considered a tiny bit too dark (depending on the light) but I decided I would rather have a fabric that was a tad too dark, rather than too light.\u00a0 I was concerned about whether I would be able to remove the original fabric, and had considered fusing the new fabric on top of it, if necessary.\u00a0 Luckily, I had pressed the fused fabrics, but only lightly, so I was able to slip a pin under the too light fabric and lift it right off.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, I had the same problem with the lightest fabric for Thomas’ face – the first one I selected was also too light.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I’ve finalized all the fabric selections – but right now, they are just pressed to parchment paper, and the Thomas section is not actually fused to the Kalina section yet.\u00a0 I want to let it sit for a day before I do the final fusing, and start sewing.\u00a0 I’d love to know what you think of it.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

(As I said last week, I’m just showing it in black & white until after the wedding – then I’ll post it in all its glorious surrealistic color – want to guess what colors I’ve used?)<\/p>\n

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Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 I\u2019m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.\u00a0 Click on the links below, to see many other creative projects.\u00a0 If you have a blog, link yours up and join the fun.<\/p>\n

\"WIP<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"Esther\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n

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Last week, I showed my progress on the Kalina part of the fabric portrait of Thomas and Kalina.\u00a0 I mentioned that I thought the lightest fabric might be too light – and many of you agreed.\u00a0\u00a0 So while I worked … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,4,41,3],"tags":[14,29,67],"class_list":["post-2096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","category-on-my-design-wall","category-portrait-quilts","category-wip-wednesday","tag-art-quilt","tag-dog-portrait","tag-wip-wednesday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-xO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2122,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2014\/07\/30\/off-my-design-wall-2014-07-30\/","url_meta":{"origin":2096,"position":0},"title":"Off my design wall – 2014.07.30","author":"TerryAske","date":"July 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The portrait quilt of Thomas and Kalina is finished, and has been presented to the happy newly-wedded couple.\u00a0 Now it can be revealed in full glorious surrealistic color. 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