Abstract Fun: Adding Elements

After altering the background of my quilt, so it didn’t completely copy the sketch, I took a different approach as I added the various elements.  I decided to copy them fairly closely, but to give myself PLENTY of latitude when altering them.  This is the sketch.

And this is the background.

I added the two large flowers, my favorite of the elements.

Then the brown semi-circle.  I wasn’t too sure about using it at all, but I thought I had to at least audition it.

My first brown cut was too skinny, so I added another line beside it.  But, I HATED the shape of it!  A change was definitely needed!

Back to a single line, with a shorter shape.  And another partial circle nestled in.  As you can see, I also added some orange shapes on the right.  I thought that color needed to be repeated somewhere, so I let the sketch suggest the location.

I really disliked the hash marks, especially since they were done in a muddy olive-green color.  But, again, I felt like I had to at least try them.

I made mine skinnier and more irregular.  Perhaps they weren’t so bad, after all.

Looking back at the sketch perhaps you can see a faint whitish circle in the lower left corner.  It was made with a white paint stick, which served as a resist to the wet paint added later.  I wanted to add something similar to my quilt, but decided to alter the location.

I like the faint sketchy character of it.

Finally, I shrunk the size of the right orange shape and added white lines to the flowers.

I’m really loving this!  Next will come some hand stitching and quilting.

Ellen Lindner