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The making of ME!

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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 part that I really can't help you with.  I'm no