After my AH HA moment the other night, I sat down and started sketching out my ideas. I keep a notebook of graph paper and colored pencils at my sewing table just for this purpose. I have lots of quilts sketched out in my notebook. Some of them I’ve never made because I decided I didn’t like them that much. But you never know, I may come back to them one day.
I really liked the pinwheels so I decided to play around with that some more.
Or maybe I could do something more simple…
Ohhh I love this one. But it’s missing something….
Perfect! The ladybugs really POP on that green! So then I went digging through my stash and found THIS:
I’ve had this rose fabric for years. It’s a heavier weight than my other quilting cottons and I just haven’t found the prefect project for it… until now. Here’s a close up of the fabric. It’s all white, the detail really shows up when you view it at an angle.
So then I started on the ladybugs. I used a DVD for a template for the bodies.
I traced the circles onto freezer paper, then cut them out, and ironed them onto the fabric shiny side down.
I cut them out leaving a little bit of seam allowance. I would say it’s about 1/4 inch. I then snipped the seam allowance all the way around to help when I turn the edges under.
I drew little circles and cut them in half. These will be the heads of the ladybugs.
Again with the seam allowances and the clipping around the curves.
I played with the placement and I think I like this layout best.
That’s as far as I got on it tonight. My glue stick was all dried up so I wasn’t able to get started on the ladybugs. I’ll pick up a new one tomorrow.
I’ll update my blog as I get going on this. =)