Off on a Side Track - or - Squirrel!

The quilt that I am quilting is coming along beautifully.   But I decided to pull out an old project - Oh my, this one dates back to November 2015.   I had a "hankering" to do something in a different creative mode. And now I am not sure when I will be quilting that quilt again.  But I don't plan to let it sit for over five years like this did.   

In the post - way back then - I said "needs to sit and mature for a bit."    - I suspect that five years and two months was just about right.

I pulled out the beginnings and started doing some fusible applique.  It is a fact that I have a bin of pre-fused fabrics that were ready to cut and fuse.  Since I had a good start, it was easy to take off running.  Here is where it is now. 

I am not sure if he is a Jester or perhaps some sort of magical creature.  What I do know is that he is much changed from the original start that looked like this.

I removed those eyes and made new ones.  Then I added to the head piece 

to make it more three dimensional looking.  

Hair was added.  Then the eyebrows had to change also.  

Then the mouth and a nose. 

 He looked like a floating head, so I grounded him -sort of- with the circles and petal shapes.

I took him to audition backgrounds.  I even cut one piece, but it was too busy and distracting.

I finally pulled out a piece of hand dyed fabric - nearly perfect! 

I started to fuse him down - Oh no!  I can't leave that nose. So I pulled off the offensive nose

(it was too dark and drew attention directly to it.) 

I auditioned more fabric for noses. Finally, this piece looked "right." 

I added the nose and fused the entire piece to the background. 

I have lots of stitches to add to him to fasten the pieces securely.  

He needs batting and backing. Then I can quilt it all into one fun little art quilt. 

In case you were wondering, I did get the pieces of the quilt that are quilted joined into one piece. 

I have half a quilt. 

Perhaps you would like to see the back and look at some of the quilting from the back of the quilt.

Which project will I work on next? Who knows?  The muse can be fickle.  But when I am 

smart I listen to her and follow along. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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