The making of ME!
For years I have been enamored with Mama CJT’s “Ladies” series of quilts. You can see more of her mini quilts here . She makes the most adorable ladies! I decided I wanted one for myself. This is how I created my “Quilt ME” Enter, the "selfie" I'm not good at selfies, that's more of my teenage daughter's thing, not me, but I needed a good facial pic of me. I took dozens of photos. I tried glasses up, and glasses down. Even though I always wear them up on my nose, I thought my eyes looked better over the tops of my lenses rather than through. So if you have glasses, try them both ways, I preferred them down. I tried big smile, with teeth, and closed mouth. Closed mouth, slight smile worked for me. My ME quilt is almost serious, or mischievous. I also took pics of my hand holding the scissors. I wanted the shape of my knuckles to be right. Then I sketched. This is the par...