Starting My Red Bud Quilt

After coming up with  a design for my quilt, it was time to select some fabrics.

My computer generated sketch is shown above.  I decided to fracture the sky quite a bit in order to give the impression of busy twigs, etc.  The lower part would be mostly one fabric, though.

So, I dug into my stash of blues, to see if I had what I needed.

I crack myself up.  Of course I did!

Next, I put a piece of muslin onto my design wall and drew in the desired dimensions.  Then, I drew in the tree, along with some dotted lines for fractured sky pieces.

When the first piece went in I was so excited!  I got quite a little Adrenalin surge!

Ellen Lindner