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| A better picture of "Windy" by Unicia Buster |
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| Update on the wedding quilt. The three layers are quilted - I quilted in the black areas only. I have the binding left to do. |
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| This is an old project I found among some things in a bin. It was based on a poem I wrote. I'm taking it apart to do something a little different with it. |
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| "Ajani" is coming along. I decided to stop doing the hair and to quilt the layers together. But first I have to finish the border. Unfortunately, as you can see, I need a bit more material for the top and bottom border. Also, I can't find the material I used to make the border squares. So I have to go buy more, eventually (funds are low). Once the border is done and the layers are quilted, then I will resume the hair pieces. I may hand stitch over the machine stitched part of the tattoo because I didn't know anything about darning foots and free motion quilting so it doesn't look neat. Anyway, long ways to go on this one. |
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| Another old project I found. It was about the many beautiful colors of black women. All the photos used in this quilt are pictures that I took, some candid shots and a few set-up shots. In Photoshop I added a layer of transparent color to each photo before printing them out. On the border, I was hand stitching words that describe positive attributes. I was a bit overwhelmed by the hand stitching task so I stopped working on it. It's large but I want to finish it now and with everything I've learned since starting this piece, I think it will be that much more beautiful when it's complete. |
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| Section of "Woolly Afro II" by Unicia Buster. One of the lambs has the circular pieces of fabric for hair. The other does not. Both will be painted on. |
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| Section of "Woolly Afro II" by Unicia Buster. Doing a whip stitch or hem stitch around all of the edges of the fabric (except the hair). |
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| Section of "Woolly Afro II" by Unicia Buster. I pinned on all of the hair on the lady. |
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| Section of "Woolly Afro II" by Unicia Buster. Hand stitched with a basting stitch on all of the circles. (That took quite a bit of time). |
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| Section of "Woolly Afro II" by Unicia Buster. More hand stitching. |
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| Section of "Woolly Afro II" by Unicia Buster. Almost done all of the hair. |
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| Section of "Woolly Afro II" by Unicia Buster. Still working on the hair in this picture. I added a lot more browns and oranges to the hair. Didn't like all of the blues and greens that I had before (see a previous blog entry). I like the result. Will post more pictures later of the updates on this one. |
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| Adrian's homework assignment. He had to make a compass rose. Isn't it lovely? He did a great job. I was so proud! |
