On my last post, I asked if anyone could guess what animal I planned to make with this quilt.
The two clues were:
1. It lives outside
2. When it speaks it asks a one word question.
Dayna guessed an owl and...
She was right!!!
Here is a photo of 2 of the 4 quadrants laying next to each other. I still have no idea how I am going to join the four finished quadrants, but Dee of Deeroo designs promises me that if I trust her, she will show me the way. I guess this means I have to trust her!
Here is a close up of quadrant #2. I used a pencil on the plain white top fabric to draw the eyes and nose. It helped having that as a guide. Dee also said to leave a 1/2 inch of space along the sides, so I drew that 1/2 inch border with my pencil as well.
When I started this quilt, I knew I wanted to incorporate an owl into it somehow. I wasn't sure how I was going to do this so I started scouring flickr for inspiration. I searched "owls" and within a few pages this little cutie appeared. It was designed by eberfdias. I sent him (I think it is a him) an email message via flickr asking him if he would mind if I used his design as inspiration for this quilt and he said he would be honored.
What do you think so far?
~Val
I love how this is coming out. Now your clues make total sense, but it just didn't click for me. I've never really wanted to make a ticker tape, but I think having a pattern like yours really makes it impressive.
ReplyDeleteawesome, val! totally awesome!
ReplyDeletei love it! such intricate work with all those pieces! can't wait to see it finished.
ReplyDeleteI love this quadrant! And I love saying "quadrant." I saw your picture in the ORB flickr pool and it really caught my eye. Fantastic and I can't wait to see it all together!
ReplyDeleteI really want to see what this looks like finished....very interesting so far.
ReplyDeleteOMG - How clever...can't wait to see it finished! I haven't even started but, boy you got me thinking out side the box!!
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