I Herd Ewe

The pattern is a great pattern but for the dog heads only. The rest I just made up. The grass and cattails came about because, without them, the dog heads looked like they were just floating in space. I ironed fusible web on the backs of a variety of green scraps and then cut it in random strips and arranged it until it anchored the heads down. It still needed something so I added cattails and then there was that big blank in the sky to fill. I drew some ducks and copied them on my computer in several sizes and then just tried them out until I liked the look. My husband says I should have made a male and a female mallard but I did not like the look with the plain female. The background is that size because that was the size of the blue fabric I had. Then I just added borders until the quilt was a nice throw size. It took me a while to get the look I wanted but it was lot of fun to make! Sometimes it is fun to forget about patterns and just play with fabric and see what happens. I had everything in place and liked the look before I ironned anything down.

Thanks to everyone for all your kind comments.

Sandee

Gotta say AWESOME like so many others!!! I want to do that with my Weims!

Sandy64

My favorite dog, have one of each! Your work is great. Sandy 64

RDM

Your labs are nicely pieced. Great quilt.

lfstamper

Great faces. Love the fabric choices.

burchquilts

Fabulous quilt! And my doggie (who is half Lab) loves it,, too!

cavmom

LOVE it!!! Very nice quilt

GreatStarter

Great job!

Kat

QM

I like it a lot.

cindy4857

wonderful job with beautiful results. Love it. Thanks for sharing.