Week 35

From the first photo I took I wanted to make a block with the dragon as the theme.  So thus begins the dragons.  There are lots of carvings of dragons on the pagoda and all are a little different from the others, in fact there are five different dragons and this is the first.

This one was living up on the ceiling and there were in fact two of them fighting.

Too much detail for a 6" block so I cropped the photo down to just the head.

Then I drew a 6" copy of the drawing and turned this into an applique.  There were over 26 pieces in this small area and I had to resort to a pair of tweezers to get them all into place.  I thought that I would try a raw edge applique, as I haven't tried this before and although some pieces were applied this way I prefer a satin stitch as it is neater.  I didn't quilt the background as there was so much stitching on the applique I thought it would detract from the piece.I was really surprised at how fierce he (I'm sure it's a he) became when he changed from a wood carving to an applique.  Quite frightening really.  Far more frightening than I thought he would be.

I am glad I held off starting these dragons because I just didn't have to skill or the confidence to do them before this and they are so prominent on the Pagoda I wanted to do them justice.

Comments

[Wendy in Kennewick]

Welcome back! Your dragon is wonderful. Great quilting detail and fabric selection.

[Carolyn Foley]

Thanks Wendy. I got the all clear from my biopsy so the sun is shining. Having been through breast cancer before it sure puts the wind up you.
Carolyn

[peggy]

Very nice!!!

[Carolyn Foley]

Thanks Peggy

[Pam Holland]

you're good honey..... so pleased....

[Carolyn Foley]

Thanks Pammy