Friday, May 30, 2008

The Earth is Fragile...

The stitching for the dragons is now complete. I thumbed through alphabet chart books for what seemed like hours the other night and just couldn't pick out a font that I liked for the lettering. The next morning I had the bright idea to go with the funky style letters of Helga Mandl. I added the little waves to represent water since I left out the dragon of water. So now it has the whole Earth, Air, Fire and Water theme. I have some dark green fabric that I plan to use as the border around it and make it into a wall hanging. I'm going to use this technique to make a pseudo quilt-sleeve and insert a wooden slat in the back for hanging: Quilt Sleeve Instructions



Feels good to have the stitching done. Now I'll move on to a Love Quilts Square for a Wild West-themed quilt.

13 comments:

Estela said...

They are great!!! I'll like to see this work finish, congratulations, Estela

mainely stitching said...

Oh my gosh, this is WONDERFUL!!!

Jan said...

This is such a neat idea to combine the three together. Love it!

Daffycat said...

Excellent stitching! I do like the font you chose. Congratulations. I'm looking forward to seeing it completely finished!

patternnuts said...

Great idea(s)! Love the dragons. :)

Habibi said...

Lovely work. Congrats on your finishes.

Sandra said...

Wow this is wonderful! I love the dragons and the saying is perfect for the theme. Congrats Annie!!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! It looks great Annie! The font you chose goes well with the dragons too I think. Look forward to see it as a wallhanging.

Chris said...

It looks fabulous! Never would have thought of combining them like that.

Bonecas da Filó said...

Congratulations, Excellent stitching

Lindo

staci said...

Congrats on the darling finish!

Bonecas da Filó said...

Thank you for your visit,it´s Lovely your work.Bjs

Sammy & Emilie said...

They're gorgeous! Well done!!!