Friday, July 18, 2014

An eagle has landed


Here's my eagle block. He's quite neutral. I am not adding arrows or flowers or text or any color but putting him away until I work on the flower blocks that surround him.
The pattern that I'd ordered is for a wool quilt...and while I liked the colors in the quilt, I'd probably never be able to create such a color scheme without either purchasing wool, or all new fabric, which I don't want to do :)  By stopping now, I can come back to him in the end and decide if I want to leave him be or add anything else.




12 comments:

  1. I like the shape of the eagle. Would not be hard to applique. One eagle that I am going to be doing has tiny claws that I think I will change so that I don't have to do them.

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  2. This eagle had tiny claws too as well as the beak. I cut a beak template out but embroidered it. I decided to change the rest and forego the claws. On the wool they looked ok but I had a feeling when I looked at the templates that mine would end up looking like misshapen hands or something, even if I tried to embroider ...there is no way I could applique them

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  3. It is going to be beautiful and I think you are wise to wait until you get the other squares done and all the colors picked -- but then I know so much about quilting!

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  4. He looks great! Looking forward to seeing all of his accoutrements!

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  5. I embiggened the photo to see the fabric you chose. Great choices!

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  6. He looks great! Love the color choice.

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  7. Your eagle looks wonderful. I am always so impressed with the detail that goes into quilting. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
    Ali xx

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  8. Hi Deb! Oh, I love this and you did a beautiful job on your eagle. I like him with these more subtle colors. Thanks for popping in to see me and I had a Midge too with the flip hair!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  9. Very nice, you are certainly coming along with this project.

    Jen

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  10. This eagle would be a lovely center with some pieced blocks

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  11. Love this, great start! Looking forward to seeing more.

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