I hate to play favorites .... but this IS my favorite in this series. I especially like the details of the eyes. The design is not what I thought it would be when I started.
It was pretty obvious that if I made a quilt called Fall that it would include falling leaves. Uh huh. But in my head, there were four times as many leaves falling in the background. And I really had no idea how to add interest to the head.
Funny how quilts just "tell you" what they want to be sometimes. And I have learned that if I simply pay attention and do what the quilt wants to do - it works better than trying to force it into submitting to my original design idea.
Anyway I absolutely DO like the final quilt. The Scan 'n Cut was essential to the success of this quilt because I could not have cut the leaf shapes without it. I was rather challenged when it came time to figure out the quilting lines. Go around the sharp angles of each leaf? Nope. Find a way to imply the motion of falling leaves? Yes. And the tiny beads and light colored thread really helps that motion become visible.
So Winter is next. I am still unsure of the colors.... sparkly white? Or silver? Or blue? We'll see........
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