Dragonfly summer
 

Sorry, the wings don't show up well in the photos. My doc asked for a dragonfly wall hanging. This has given me more trouble than quilts most do. The pattern is my own. I did this QAYG. The cattails are hand sewn, but after that, the scene was sewn by machine, through the whole quilt sandwich, wings last. I got a picture of a dragonfly from a coloring page website, but altered it somewhat.

Beautiful! Great design, love your saturated colors as well

Beautiful wall hanging! Love how you embroidered the wings of the dragon fly!

nicely done, great design

Love it!!! Real dragonflies have transparent wings, so you did very well!

Love it, like how the wings are transparent. Thanks for sharing.

This came out very beautiful. I am sure he will enjoy this quilt.

Thank you. This quilt was a struggle, as I tried to match techniques to my mental images. The legs and the tops of the cattails are hand embroidered, but I used machine blanket stitch for the leaves and a straight metallic thread stitches for the wings. My DH insisted that I needed to add eyes, so they are hand embroidered with metallic machine thread. Now that I have the techniques figured out, DH wants something similar, but with a red dragonfly.

Very creative. I love those very "fine" wings.

That is so pretty, and I love all the nice rich colors.

Wonderful. The beauty is in the details.

Wow! This will liven up any wall!

Thank you. I delivered it to my doctor today. He paid me twice what I asked for the quilt. He likes it too.

I think this is beautiful. I know your boss will love it.

The colors are beautiful and really emphasize the cattails. The dragonfly is good, as people will inspect it closely to find the wings!

The phrase "gossamer wings" comes to mind. The colors of the dragonfly, water, leaves, and cattail heads are all perfect.

I'm impressed with your cattails and dragonfly. And I look forward to seeing the one you will be making with red wings. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.

You are so talented. It looks great.

Beautiful quilt.

Love your quilt and the way you did the wings. Sheer like they should be.

Hi, Love the dragonfly and how well everything shows up so well on the background.

I also love the dragonfly! The wings are great....I think red wings on the dragonfly would look awesome! If you do it don't forget to post it!

Beautiful, your doc will love it

very creative-love dragonflies and yours turned out perfect

That you all for your kind comments. I have been meaning to make a dragonfly quilt for several years, so when I got the request, I really wanted to jump right in. Of course, I made 3 or 4 tries before I got the size and shape I wanted, I used to have a little water garden under my old sewing room window. Between that and bird feeders, I had dragonflies and hummingbirds 'visiting' me as I sewed.

very nice job!!!

Great job...CUTE.........