Okay. So on Sunday we took the copies we had made of our positive and negative designs and then cut those up and made a new design using the cut pieces. I had a really hard time with this process, and when we were supposed to be done for the critique, I didn’t like any of the three designs that I had made. You can see why. They are all too busy.
So after seeing everyone else’s designs and hearing Jeanette’s comments, I went back to my table to work some more with paper until I could create a design that felt good enough to actually construct in fabric. Jeanette suggested that I look at the designs I already did and find the sections that I liked within those designs. That really helped and this is what I eventually came up with.
The last step of the process was to use tracing paper and create a quilting design that would enhance the piece. This part of the process was much more comfortable for me. I don’t know if you can see it very well but the quilting design I liked was topographical lines. I think they will look great and I’ll do them in a colored thread. Maybe red or lime green. I didn’t do this in class because I wanted to come home and do it on the long arm.
The class was really wonderful and Jeanette is a great teacher. She really has a way about her and has lots of great information to share.