Anya Making Bread

  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...

  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,...

  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...

  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...