Progress on Day at Loon Lake Quilt

Some events at work this month have made me want to disengage and NOT think about work or words in  my off-time.  Working on a project like this, with colors and shapes, is the perfect down-time for my brain.    This was the last block to be done.  Raw-edge applique.

 The full block.

This gives a little better idea of how it integrates into the block next to it.

See that turquoise-y block in the middle (in the first pic)--right under the BIG loon?  It just wasn't the right blue for a NorthWoods Lake -- too mediterranean.  It just never fit with the blocks around, nor the overall scene it was seeking to depict, so I swapped it out for the bluer blue in the second pic.  Ahh -- much more harmony!

Now I can move on to the next steps ...  stitching down the applique pieces and doing some free-motion embroidery.

Dancer

Dancer at the Door County Ren Faire, July 2016.

 

Playing with Adobe PhotoShop Elements 14 and 

Topaz Impression : Georgia O'Keefe filter. 

I love how it blurred things, and made her look like her eyes are closed. 

Here's original photo with only slight touch-ups.