Detail shot of Frog Water Shallows. Remember, you can right click this to open in a new window or tab for a larger view. I thought you might like to see a detail of the piece. You can see the rust shading on the lily and I’m happy I chose some of my rust dyed fabric to use for this. The orange rust is a nice complement to all the blues.
I have entered the piece to jury for SAQA’s Color Wheel of Emotion. The emotion it evokes in me is calm and peacefulness. Now we will keep our fingers crossed the juror find it fits the show. If it doesn’t I have a few more in mind to jury for.
frogwater shallows
UFO saved – Yippee Skippee!!!

This is where the piece is now, quilted and ready to bind or face. These are the things I did to save it.
The basting glue had turned rock hard and couldn’t be sewn through. I soaked it in a tub which helped a lot. I was finally able to quilt the piece on my mid-arm. I simply quilted around all the elements that had to be removed. I then replaced all the lilies with rust dyed fabric. As I searched my stash I found the fabric I used for the long grasses and leaves. I heated the old stiff appliques and found the corresponding area on the fabric. Using a white lead pencil I drew around the area I needed to cut out and applied light weight fusible. This made it easy to replace the areas within the quilting outlines.
The final step was to get out the paint box and shade/highlight areas. I rarely take much notice if I have used proper shading and light source on a piece like this. The light and dark is more a design element that I try to use to make areas of interest pop and the eye to move over the piece.
There is still some final tweaking to do and small areas of detail. But I’m really glad I kept with it and saved the piece.