Anya Making Bread

• December 30, 2012
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Anya, down to the details

  I put the background piece down and trimmed it where the head and body would cover, I chose a gradation piece for the foreground.  I'm thinking she's sitting on the kitchen counter. After the pieces were pressed down it became time to work on...

• November 27, 2012
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Anya face

  The face appeared to be in shadow on the right side...so when painting I darkened the shading on that side and really didn't like the look.  So on the next try I decreased the shadow a great deal and though it's not as accurate,...

• November 27, 2012
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Anya step 2

  I decided to try to make a custom background.  She's in the kitchen so a tile background seemed likely.  I sponged on some color and then did a stencil over it.  When that was done, I decided that it was too light, so the...

• November 20, 2012
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Anya Making Bread

  I'm starting a small quilt of my great granddaughter, Anya.  She's helping Momma make bread.  My first element is the bowl (strainer).  I noticed that the holes form a design and decided to use that as my design for the pattern pieces. When the...