When I heard days before the meeting that there was a challenge block, something to test our new found modern superpowers, I had to try it out. The topic was "bird on a branch".
This task taught me that my creative mind defaults to traditional more often than I may care to admit. Not that there is anything wrong with that! I believe testing one's superpowers is the only way to make sure you know how to use them when called upon.
This is how it went down...
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| Started with what ended up being a totally traditional branch block... note to self, just because you drafted it without a pattern does not make it modern ! |
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| Drew a bird... maybe googled modern bird for inspiration, maybe not... decided on a colour... closer to modern... fabric does not resemble feathers... unless you have plucked all the feathers and arranged them in circles... which is not a nice thing to do to a bird... |
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| Had a wing, a bead for the eye and some legs set to go but they were too safe... I had to go out on a limb... |
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| Scratched the yellow beak...changed it to blue... was trying for a offset block but the habit of putting things in the middle is so central a habit... |
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| Quilted carefully on my longarm... chose a more modern design and swirled the raw edges of the bird to stop it from flying away... |
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| Done... pretty decent attempt but I have far to go before I rest... I am reassured that I have others in my flock to help me on my migration to modern. |
Hi there!!! I think you are a terrific quilter!
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