I've decided to call the piece "Starbirth" (based upon the above photo of the Swan Nebula). Using the wax pastels worked out pretty well for me. I wasn't certain how much to use, so the colors are more muted than the photo. OK, they're pretty darn pale actually. I did go ahead and treat it kind of like a wholecloth piece to give myself a chance to practice freemotion. I got a little happy with the quilting, but I think the stitches enhanced the colors and the flowy feel of the colored gases more. I'll post the pic when I'm a little more "done."
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I thought, What a fucking awesome picture.
And then read that it was not.
And I looked again.
And I thought, this is grand!
Q
This is spectacular! YOU HAVE TO POST THE SIZES OF YOUR WORK PLEASE. This is going to be so cool as a wholecloth piece. It's totally cool as it is.
This is the photo of the nebula itself. I'll post the quilt later.
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