4 elements

I was very happy with "footprints in the sand, until I pinned it onto the quilt sandwich, then the colour was far too bright.
I put a bit of organza over it, looked a bit better. You can't really appreciate the difference here, as there is a difference in exposure between the 2 and I don't want to spend heaps of time retouching the photographs.
I also would love to know how better to move pictures around on this blog, as you can do in other programs.

I am not sure where to go next, but I'll think of something!
Also my plan is to create a top layer on all of this, to make those elements much less defined.
I don't know if that is a physical layer, like organza, or a layer of embellishments, such as lots of musical notes scattered all over, which sounds like fun.
The first decision is whether to create more elements or leave it with these.

Ticky-tocky is finished

 

This is ready to be attached to the quilt sandwich.It will be like a circle, I'll cut the excess off just before I am ready to applique it. 

Round...like a circle in a spiral

These are the first words of the song.

 

Here the music score with lyrics has been scanned in, twisted in Corel PhotoPaint. That design has been printed on cotton. It will be attached to the background with free motion stitching, keeping to the spiral design. 

Until I am ready to do that, I will put it on Vliesofix but I won't take off the paper backing till I am sure of where I want to put it.

More ticky-tocky

 

It is looking good, isn't it!

I love the way the organza mutes the design of the fabric underneath. 

The stars are now defined.

Being able to design on the computer and print has made this element so much easier. especially the numbers on the clock. 

What I like about blogging this project is that, even though I think I am not getting anywhere, I can see progress.

I've ordered the wrought iron quilt hanger, I am committed to enter a new piece in the Musical Gems exhibition at the end of next month. Thank goodness for deadlines!

I am going to start on another element, while I consider how to design the hands of the clock with a sense of movement.  If I can't think of any way to get that effect well, I'll just put 2 hands in.....

Keys that jingle in your pocket

This element is now ready, except for the stitching onto the work. Lots of mucking about, mainly to find a solution to the problem of securing, which will now happen when it gets stitched onto the work.

What has happened here?
The original image was printed 3x on Extravorganza, cut out and fused on a piece of printed fabric. By shifting the image I wanted to create a sense of movement,
The smudges you see are bits of silver Angelina fibre. Not looking to good on here, but OK in real life.
I fused a piece of fine poly organza over the lot, catching the images and the Angelina.
You can't see it here, as this was scanned in, but the edges of the fabric have been frayed.

Ticky-tocky

Which is what my youngest son used to call a clock.

 

I designed a clock face in CorelDraw. You cannot see it well, but each number is in a little pink 6 pointed star. I printed it on Extravorganza  which is a silk organza, then fused it onto a piece of furnishing fabric. While I liked the fabric, it kind of cancelled much of the stars the numbers are in, but I am going to bead the points.

Elements

 

Last year, when I was still thinking of doing this in drawing, I made this quick sketch in ink.

The images come from the text of the "Windmills of your mind" song.

"keys that jingle in your pocket"

"words that jangle in your head"

"like an apple, turning silently in space"

"a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face"

"leave their footprints in the sand"

"or a carnival balloon"

"pictures hanging in the hallway"

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thethomascrownaffair/windmillsofyourmind.htm

The additional element is of sheet music, I'll probably do something with the actual sheet music and then manipulate it in Corel PhotoPaint.

  

I played for a few hours with this drawing, trying for an overlapping effect. I am going to print multiple images on organza, then overlap them on the background. Probably.... 

I have done quite a few works based on something musical and find it a never ending source of inspiration..

Triskele is fused on!

After printing out the triskele for the 4th time, tiled over 12 pages ( or was that the 5th time?) I could finally get onto the next step.
My quilt sandwich was already made: 3 layers, 4 if you count Vliesofix: from the bottom up: iron-on Vilene, matilda's own wadding, vliesofix, ivory dupion silk.
Centring the triskele wasn't easy, I used Coreldraw to establish the correct position on the background and took my time.

Next steps: establishing elements and embellishments.
Next time I have to be in Toowoomba (probably to get the bikes serviced) I am going to order a hanger. My previous wrought iron supplier has closed shop, he recommended Forge Metalworks. When I rang, the lady said she was a quilter. Didn't ask if that means "mate-rates"!

36" x 34"

I discussed my dilemma about the size with husband Gerry. By that time, I had the size down to 24" so I could hang it from the wrought iron hanger I already have.
When I showed him the 30" triskele and discussed the impact I wanted to make, he suggested I go with that size and get a hanger to fit.
What he said was "You'll make it beautiful and it will be well worth getting a nice hanger for it"
Next I had to find the materials to make the base and a fabric to cover it:  I have the iron-on Vilene for the back, wadding for the middle layer and the only fabric I had enough of for the actual background was a piece of ivory Dupion silk. Considering how much of that is going to be covered by the triskele, it seems a waste of time and materials to cover it with embellishments. It is better to embellish once the triskele is on.
What I don't have is enough Vliesofix to fuse the silk to the wadding, hopefully I can get that at Twilight Craft today.
Meanwhile there is plenty I can do: get the triskele ready to fuse on, start working with the elements. Thank goodness I have enough printable cotton!
I am now at the stage where I am happy to let the piece design itself.
What it means is that I take it the way it wants to go. For example, the decision which fabric to use for the background is simply based on a choice between the fabrics I have enough of. No agonising, no racing to the shop to buy another fabric.
The hard decisions are made, now comes the fun part!