Good progress

The project is now ready to be trimmed back to 32.5" (the half inch is for the seam allowance) and the border to be added.
It may, at first glance, look very much like the previous one.
But here are some close-ups.

There is wadding behind each shape and freemotion embroidery added.

The border has been designed, so the next picture will be of the wall quilt ready for quilting.

Point of no return

Here it is, ready to be stitched!
The hardest part has been done.
Looking at the left bottom leaf, I should have......

Choices....choices....

I am so envious of artists who can whip up a design, knowing intuitively or from experience what it will look like and that they will be happy with it.

This is not me.

Remember the background? That was a dead end.
After that, I thought the complex flowers I designed for my Shadow Applique book would be nice. I got quite a few ready to fuse on, but didn't like them.

Went to the simple flowers I designed for a project for Country craft Quilts. YEAH!! Happy with them.

Pinned them onto the quilt, thought I could do better, took them off again, made an arrangement where the ACE letters were on top of the flowers, thinking it would add a bit of depth. All it did was create clutter.

I had to step back again and admitted that the first design with the simple flower shapes was the best.
Also, this wallhanging is going into an aged care ward, simple shapes will be more appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

Samples are not really in the right order. The bottom one was the first. ACE in the centre, flowers around it.

The second sample is the right top one: flowers arranged prior to adding ACE and in the first one ACE has been pinned over the flowers.

 

It is, more or less, back to that first sample.....