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Widow’s Mite – Part 5

For those of you following the progress of The Widow, I haven’t forgotten. 

Spring is here, and that means that I have less time to spend sewing, blogging, etc., because time is needed out in the gardens. 

Not to mention that I want to paint a couple of rooms around here.

But we are all busy.  So, without further excuse, here’s a photo of The Widow’s progress. 

I found a background fabric that I really like!

Part 1 can be found here.
Part 2 can be found here.
Part 3 can be found here.
Part 4 can be found here.

 

Widow’s Mite – Part 4

I haven’t been able to go fabric shopping for background fabric; I hope to do that this weekend.  Meantime, the widow did acquire some hair.

I took a photo in grayscale just for fun.  What a pleasant surprise to see that I have a nice variety of values!  Value, along with design and technique, is vital to a successful quilt.

For the curious, The Widow’s Mite will be approximately 24″ x 36″.   Her size is determined by the space that she will be hanging in.

For fabulous fabric portraits, go to the extremely talented art quilter, Marilyn Belford.  You can see her gallery of award winning quilts here.  I promise you, you will be impressed with Marilyn’s body of work!  She teaches her techniques for realistic portraits, as well as other art quilt classes, at Quilt University.

Part 1 can be found here.
Part 2 can be found here.
Part 3 can be found here.

 

The Widow’s Mite – Part 3

Progressing…

Slowly…

But surely.

It is time to decide on a fabric for behind the widow.

Part 1 can be found here.
Part 2 can be found here.
 

Meantime, I’ll be taking Orca Bay to a long-arm quilter this morning.  It is the first time that I will have a project quilted by someone other than myself.  I am both nervous and excited!