I have had a couple of people ask to see a better view of my avatar, so here goes.

It is done in raw edge reverse applique. I did the face with colored pencil. I was VERY unhappy with the way the silver in the moon came out, it looks like ironing board cover fabric. Worked out fine for my daughter though, since I gave it to her.

I did try this a little earlier, if I messed up somehow, please disreguard.

Lovely!

How incredible! I have been doing some reverse app. work lately and I know how much time it takes. Your work is beautiful!

That is absolutely beautiful! :thumbup:

Love the details on the eyes!

Thank you for sharing! :thumbup: :) :thumbup:

looks great to me

Oh, how BEAUTIFUL!

Looks great to me :mrgreen:

What is revers applique ? Sorry if that is a dumb question :oops:

I'm with sharon b, what is reverse applique? Have she and I been in the dark?

I think it looks awesome!! :thumbup:

Very Pretty!

The layers of this were as follows: Backing, batting, green/blue, purple/blue, peacock spotty piece, flesh, then black. That is right 8 layers thoughout the whole quilt.

The backing was marked with the design. I sewed on all of the marked lines, flipped it to the front, and started carefully cutting with tiny, sharp scissors, to that layer that I wanted to show in that spot.

In traditional reverse applique, you would have turned the raw edges under and hand stitched in place.

See, easy peasy. Everything I do is easy! I just hope it looks hard, but nothing to it!

Thanks for the explanation :lol: I am sure it is harder than you make it sound , me I would probably cut a stitching line :oops: Or cit thru a color I wanted to keep :shock: LOL

Never knew the girl was in the middle. That is soooo cooool.

I love it even more now!

What an awesome quilt! Now I want to tackle raw edge reverse applique, my list is getting sooooooooo long!!!

This is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing such a fantastic piece. There are a lot of avatars on here that I would love to see a close up of. They are hard to see in such tiny pictures. Who would have thought there was so much detail in your quilt till we got to see a close up. It looks invovled, but now we can really appreciate it. I am glad someone asked you to post a closer picture. Wow!

Thanks for posting such a beautiful quilt. Love the girl.

Thanks for the compliments. I am all in favor of buying the most beautiful fabrics you can find and letting THEM do all of the hard work.

I have admiring your quilt. Now see the full sizr it is great. You did a good job.

As the teens say, ''YOU ROCK".........

Beautiful. That pattern is awesome and those are the perfect fabrics. They just glow. Great job.

It is pretty! I haven't done raw edge reverse applique - I know no (?) edges are turned under, but could you explain in a nutshell the process?? Thanks! Ironing board fabric?? No, I don't THINK so! :-)

Oh..thanks for posting this, I'm always admiring it in your avatar. I think it is spectacular!! No ironing board cover look to it at all, so stop saying that...it just looks great!

WOW!!! I love this quilt!!!
You did a beautiful job on it, I love the face it's so realistic looking :D:D:D

Wonderful quilt. You are talented. Its georgyus.
Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

How beautiful! I'm in awe!

Beautiful :thumbup:

You just sew on the lines, then cut away the fabrics close to the stitching, and leave them. That is it! Truly easy. The hard part is marking your fabric, oh yes, and the fun part is choosing the fabric.

That is such an awesome quilt, so glad you shared that with us. No way does it look like ironing board material.

Pam:
Thanks for posting this so quickly. This quilt is so beautiful and original. I never heard of raw edge quilting before like this. I will have to look it up. I read your later response on how to do this, how do you keep the edges from fraying?
Penny

I Love this! Colorful, happy, unique, etc came to mind! Tks for sharing.

Since there are so many curves, most of the cuts are on the bias and that does not fray as bad, you do nothing with the edges. This is a wall quilt.

If you wanted to try this with a quilt that would be washed, I would leave more for a seam allowance and just let it fray. Rag quilts are popular, so why not?

Beautiful! I love the face in the moon - you do lovely work. I have never done reverse applique - though I have watched people do it. Another item to put on my "I want to do" list.

wow, wow, thanks for sharing

I'm thinking totally beautiful.Wish you could see your quilt through my eyes. :-D

It's gorgeous!

Forgot to tell you that I love your quilting too. Great Job!

Beautiful.

awesome

i looove it b/c it is a very good quilt i'm afaid that i have never seen a quilt this pretty
9 year old and into all this sewing stuff.so let me tell you an story that's great
i once upon a time...made 1 quilt and i got so into it i would not stop i would ask my mommy and nana and papa if i could spend the night til"...the next week it was time for school so i never got to finish it and it is this very second is still not finshed so i plan to finsh it today or tomorrow "THE END" i looove that story. me and my nana love that kind of stuff.


[from hispatchwork's granddaughter] only 9 :mrgreen: :thumbup: :mrgreen: 8-) 8-) :-D