Birds
I made this little 'nine patch' many years ago. If I blogged about this piece then, for those of you eagle eye followers, I apologize for the repeat post. But, as some things do come around again, this is a post about that; birds redux.
I was playing with the notions of de-saturation, (trying to compose something without obvious colour) and was having fun with bird shapes. Some real, but most fanciful. As you can see, some of the birds refused to stay in their squares.
This is a progress shot where you can see how they wanted to go beyond the borders.
(each bird was designed and free-motion quilted, and then placed on the background).
Eventually this young lady admired it and hung it in her office space. This is where another beautiful young lady saw it and loved it too!
And so, I made one for her as well. Of course, I wont make the same thing twice, but I felt this had the same esthetic; limited colour palette with white whimsical birds. As her plans were to move away, I wanted her to have a little something from here.
She has found a very lovely spot for her new birds in her new apartment.
