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.
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13 comments:

  1. EstelaMay 31, 2008 at 2:19 AM

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

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  2. mainely stitchingMay 31, 2008 at 4:58 AM

    Oh my gosh, this is WONDERFUL!!!

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  3. JanMay 31, 2008 at 9:09 AM

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

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  4. DaffycatMay 31, 2008 at 9:27 AM

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

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  5. patternnutsMay 31, 2008 at 9:39 AM

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

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  6. HabibiMay 31, 2008 at 11:03 AM

    Lovely work. Congrats on your finishes.

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  7. SandraMay 31, 2008 at 4:07 PM

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

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  8. AnonymousJune 1, 2008 at 3:42 AM

    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.

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  9. ChrisJune 2, 2008 at 5:55 PM

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

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  10. Bonecas da FilóJune 3, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    Congratulations, Excellent stitching

    Lindo

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  11. staciJune 3, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    Congrats on the darling finish!

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  12. Bonecas da FilóJune 4, 2008 at 11:26 AM

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

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  13. Sammy & EmilieJune 5, 2008 at 4:45 AM

    They're gorgeous! Well done!!!

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