Growing Like Topsy (2)

I've had time to work on my "Topsy " quilt in the last couple of weeks and this is what it looks like now.

I've still one long vertical section to do, one horizontal section across the bottom and another squarish section in the bottom right hand corner.

I was at a bit of a loss as to want to do with that bottom right hand corner until a friend reminded me of Alicia Merrett's video on You Tube.
  Here is the link to this video:


You might want to take a look at Alicia's webpage as well.
www.aliciamerrett.co.uk







 

Growing like Topsy

I started this quilt last weekend,based on a plan I had devised about two months earlier.

I started with the central section and it was only after I had completed the section on the right hand side that I realised that this was NOT a small quilt! What is interesting to me about this right hand section is that I think it could stand on its own as a quilt.

I have no idea where this quilt is going at the moment- except that its growing-and right now the quilting of this thing is becomming ever more daunting.

The piece underneath this quilt has been on hold for about 6 months. I have the general idea but got bogged down in other work and its proving difficult to get back to.
Normally my quilts are a lot smaller than this and this one might just be the one to make it to the World Quilt Competition next year.I am pretty sure it will be big enough.

Confidence

                                                This little guy was sitting in a bush in the middle of a

                                                 busy  shopping centre, filled with tourists.I was amazed at the detail my camera picked up.I am sure there are elements for quilt in somewhere in this photo.