Rosie the "Ripper"

This quilt was so much fun to make! My local quilt guild issued a challenge of making a quilt with nothing but grays and one florescent color of your choice. My immediate thoughts went to "owls". I started sketching and it went from whimsical to realistic. I went outside and gathered a couple of pine tree branches and pine cones and then went to a friends who is a taxidermist and looked at an owl. It is always better to look at the real thing (if possible) when trying to draw it. This really got me excited. Well, all my sketches turned into this design. It was all hand appliqued and hand quilted. I added the metallic thread (which was really frustrating but worth it) to give it a little sparkle.
It goes to our quilt show in March where it will be judged. Wish me luck!

geeblay627e120

Wow! You are certainly a talented artist. Beautiful job.

cmcpeek

I hope you win. This is a beautiful quilt. You did an awesome job.

Diane007

wow ditto
you are talented

very nice

pinkcastle

Beautiful! Good luck at your quilt show!

nannyrick

WOW!!!!! That is stunning.

katiebee

Amazing!!!!!!

sewbizgirl

Absolutely stunning. I bow at your feet, LOL!~

Grama Lehr

Awesome!! You should be ready to win a prize!!
I wish that I could make something that early for the deadline, I procrastinate too much. . . . . .

tlambing

Wow!! That is incredible! You have done an amazing job. Great work.