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Cruciform Series #4 :Ellipses

Hand dyed cottons, fused, 65 x 54" before quilting.

The original sketch to remind you of where I began this top, last Saturday. The transparency was made on Sunday and I began to do the tracing and apply the fabric that day. So it has been a good week of work to arrive here. This is way more time than I usually spend on a top, by a long shot, but this is a very complex design with lots of little pieces.

I ended up changing the top of this section to one that was less busy, but then it was too light against the background pastels, I later discovered when I shot the top in black and white.

That top area completely dissolved into the background and I knew it had to be changed. The black and white version also showed me three other weak areas, and I added and subtracted and switched for another three hours, and now I am very satisfied. Very satisfied.

The digital camera really has made such a difference in the way I work these days, with opportunities to change the way I view something or by printing out the image and making changes on the paper before I do it on the final piece.

I don't think I will be able to get to the quilting for a while, as I must seriously focus on the gigs that are upcoming. At least I will have this image for my lectures, and the process photos too.