Buildings and Trees

Here is a close up of a part of my Anthem Story quilt. This is the area near Fort McHenry that is being bombed by the British Ships. There were some homes and other buildings around the fort that I depicted with simple building shapes. I have been putting more structures in my quilts ever since I did a city scape last year. I like the look of them, apparently!

 I used some dark blue tulle to add some shadow to the side of the buildings, and I used a contrasting thread to paint in the lines of the edges of buildings.

This challenge required us to use a large floral print. I fussy cut some of the flower pieces and used those to depict trees around the buildings.

I also used the dark tulle in the sky to give the impression of a darkened, smokey sky, since the bombing occurred over night. It is twilight in my quilt.

The red yarn in the front is from a "boo boo" that I needed to come back and address. I tie red yarn to safety pins and put them on the quilt at a location where there is something I need to take care of later.

Winter City Scape

I am always working on more than one project at a time, either because of deadlines coming up, or because sometimes I like to do machine quilting, and other times I want to do some other stage of a project. In addition to the Tall Stems wall hanging, I am also working on a winter city scape for an exhibit.

Here is a view of the sky and buildings early in the process. I want it to look like a winter scene, so I used a fabric that has slanting silver lines, similar to rain falling.

The buildings are made from a variety of fabrics with prints that give an idea of windows or building facades.

This project is due at the beginning of December, so I better focus on it for a while!