Week in Review 2013 - 08/09

The week began and ended well, it was midweek that got a little dicey. When my husband and I went to bed on Tuesday night, we knew rain, possibly heavy during thunderstorms, was expected after midnight. What we didn't expect was howling wind, the trees outside our window blown nearly horizontal and the sky lit up brighter than any fireworks display. Turns out we were witnessing the fringes of one of five tornadoes that bounced through northeast Wisconsin. We consider ourselves lucky. There was no damage to our property and minimal tree damage in our community. We did loose power almost instantly and it stayed off until Friday morning at 4:00 a.m. 

I had already spent Monday and Tuesday in the studio. I usually spend Thursday as well. Wednesday being my computer/business day. Needless to say no business was transacted on Wednesday. Here is how I adapted to unforeseen circumstances.

1) Companion Oysters (Deadline 9/01/2013)

a) Determine whether to add shadows and if so, paint them. - Done!

As you can see I opted to paint just a hint of shadow leaning
towards wet sand.

b) Layer and baste the quilt sandwich.

This is how I spent Wednesday. Fortunately, I had already
prepped the three layers, cutting out the batting and backing
and ironing the top and back. You may recall that Companion
Oysters is over 42" x 42" in its unfinished state. I actually
needed some of Thursday morning to finish the basting.

c) Start the free motion quilting. - Not done.

2) Leah Day's weekly assignments

a) Finish last week's golden lock. - Done!

I finished the foundation pieced golden tress on Monday. I
was curious to see how it would look in situ. The sheen in the
picture is a layer of plastic that I have drawn the goddess
portion of Express Your Love II on. I find this one of the best
ways to position appliqué pieces. 

b) Do whatever assignment Leah comes up with next.

This week's free motion quilting motif was Happy Stitch. If you have been following Leah than you know this is the biggest leap I have ever taken when tweaking one of her motifs. To see Leah's click here. I thought it would be fun to see if I could create a crowd of faces watching an event. I played with hairstyles, mouths and eyes. Perhaps next time I will even add ears! Lots of travel stitching was required. I focused on flow more than accuracy. Those faces do make me smile.

Gwyned's version of  Happy Stitch
renamed Smiley Faces.

3) Pictorial Painting - Face "Canyon." - In my dreams. 

Assuming the weather cooperates :) here are my plans for next week.

1) Companion Oysters (Deadline 9/01/2013

Start the free motion quilting Companion Oysters.

2) Leah Day's weekly assignments

Do whatever assignment Leah comes up with next.

3) Pictorial Painting - Face "Canyon."

I am now linking up to two blogs on Friday's. The first is Leah Day's Free Motion Quilting Project and the second is Nina Marie's Off the Wall Fridays.