This is my latest landscape it is measures 48 x 56 inches. I finished quilting it on Sunday and blocked it.  I am happy with it how it turned out. However, the quilting of which there is a lot, did not change the look of the finished project. I was trying to bring in more light especially on the bridge. There is so much thread on the bridge I don't want to add more. I am thinking about adding a little paint to bring the the high lights, but am not sure. I am entering it in the Dixie Quilt Guild bi-annual show that will be held this weekend. We will see what the judges say.

I did this quilt in a different way than I normally do. Usually I start with a muslin piece of fabric, draw the design on it and then add fabric. First gluing  it and then sewing it down. This piece was done on a cadmium red background fabric.  I had watched a workshop video of Arts TV and on artist always started his paintings on a canvas that was cadmium red. I loved the way the paintings turned out. I decided to do my own acrylic of the scene from a photo I took while on a trip with my PHFA friends in Coos Bay Oregon.  I first painted my canvas red and then did the acrylic painting. There is something about the red in the background that give the painting a glow that can't be accomplished any other way. I decided I should try it with fabric... I started with a large piece of cadmium red background fabric. I let the red show through every once in a while... it actually was pretty hard to let a bit of red show... not to much... not to little.... The red underlay also effected the final colors of the fabric. I am very happy with the results. I have not tried the method with any other piece, but plan too.

Now I need to get my labels sewn on and get the piece ready to take to the Dixie Center tomorrow. 

T