Can I finish "The Boy and The Dragon" in a week?–Thursday update
Woohoo….today I finished the top… thanks to Dubiquilts’ comment, decided to leave the fire, but also included a jug, backpack and mandolin (from the story). Then, I added the backing and (drum roll please, began quilting!). The photo above is before quilting began. I set the quilt on the machine cabinet, and of course when I returned Thumper was asleep right in the middle!
I guess that means it has the cat-seal-of-approval…..
Today I got the hardest things done: the boy,
Here’s a close-up of his face:
I was going to do small circles on the face and legs, like on a lizard, but decided just some contour lines was better.
The fire, flames only, was easy. Tomorrow I’ll start with the mandolin, backpack and jug, and then it will be fast going for the trees, rocks, cave entrance, shrubs, earth, sky etc….I think I might actually get this done before midnight Sunday! Better remember to remove the chalk dust from marking the scales and contour lines though…I can still see some blue dust in this last photo. The eyes, by the way, are angelina, outlined with thread.
September 29th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
It’s looking really really great. I am impressed!
September 29th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
I just showed your photos to my husband and he said “WOW”.
I just love it. The close-up photos shows your handy work and it is fantastic.
September 30th, 2006 at 10:12 am
Sarah I feel inspired and tired just reading the boy and dragon quilt journal, fantastic (as always) will be back Monday morning my time to see the finished quilt, have a quiltingly good weekend, Frances,
September 30th, 2006 at 11:44 am
Double WOW!, Sarah. It’s coming along fantastically well. Love the dragon wings. Always enjoyed the story too — I think I must have given my copy of ‘Golden Days’ (where the story appears) to my DD a while back as I can’t find it in the bookcase.
Can’t wait to see the finished quilt — but sorry I can’t see it in person…
September 30th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
I just love how you make the prints work for you. Great job!