Creating quilts to enter into the Quilt Challenge put on by Kim at Persimmon Dreams Blog has been a creative challenge for me. Two weeks ago we had a topic of "I need a vacation". I started to work on a design and then decided that the topic was a great idea. It happened that the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in Puyallup Washington was coming up and as a volunteer and avid participant it was a very busy week for me. The Expo, as always was a fun filled 5 days. Tons of classes as well as a huge array of vendors from the sewing industry. If you have never attended it I would highly recommend you check it out. With the Expo over I'm ready to tackle a new project.
This weeks topic is "Through the Eyes of a Child". I've chosen a painting that my Granddaughter created in the 2nd grade. This drawing is of Seattle and in case you didn't recognize it that is the Space Needle in the middle.
Wednesday I created a background and started cutting out buildings. This is what it looked like at the end of the day.
On Thursday I completed the buildings and then took some time to step back to see if I needed to make any changes before I attach the houses to the background. Once I was happy with the design I attached all the building. Then it was time to start stitching. The stitching is a labor of love. I enjoy the process of embellishing the design with stitches.
This is my completed quilt. The colors are not as nice in the picture as in real life. Its 2:00 a.m. and so no natural light to take the photo.
Sunday Morning, I made the deadline by staying up very late last night.
The top picture was taken this morning when I had better lighting.
