I was struck with inspiration in the early hours of this morning and drew half of this design before
I went to bed.
Centre stems may be a bit thick but will work on that when I am quilting.
I have just finished drawing it in black on the freezer paper and will iron it to the wrong side of the work, use my light board and draw it on with my Berol blue washabel ink pen... if I use the purple one - it will disappear before I get to it.
By now you will know I am still not brave enough to do the work completely freehand... but I want to get some symetry. I enjoy drawing, and as you can see - the designs didnt match so I split the FP and now I hope I can place it correctly. If not I will improvise.
I will draw the circles on later or freehand them.
Now I am off to again get stuff off my cutting board and iron on the FP.
Oooo a lovely bit of inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteCrispy
Oh, it's going to be gorgeous! I can't wait to see you quilt it! Gave me goosebumps!! :-)
ReplyDeleteStunning design Joan - can't wait to see it quilted up. Do you freehand the loops or use one of those drawing curve thingies - you are a wonderful designer :0)
ReplyDeleteBoy oh boy but you don't do things by half - that's an absolutely stunning design - I look forward to seeing it come to life.
ReplyDeleteI love your design and you amaze me with your ability to draw these .Lovely!!
ReplyDeleteDo you freehand your feathers, or do you use a template to start with? They look SO complicated, but I know that once you get going on sewing them, they finish quickly. Have you ever taken a class or had lessons on drawing the feathers?
ReplyDeletefeathers are my favorite and yours are awesome!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!
ReplyDeleteI can see how you stayed up so late, I bet you couldn't stop. It looks really gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI am jealous of those "oh I got up in the middle of the night with this fabulous idea" moments! Can't wait to see this made up.
ReplyDeleteJust looking at getting back into quilting after a 18 year pause. Thank you for showing me how quilting has changed for the better! Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff here.
ReplyDeleteHeyjami - sorry I cant get back to you - couldnt find an email - thank you for visiting my blog - So call again -
ReplyDeleteaha, so maybe it's just purple that disappears very, very quickly??? :)
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your blog for a couple of months now, I might even draw some of those feather circles myself instead of looking for a template. It'd be a nice personal touch.
Cheers,
Christine