This one is actually the second one I made (after the first one I showed you, which was actually the  fourth one I made), and, as you can see - I put fabric on the sides of this one, rather than painting the sides as I did in the last one I showed you. 

The effect is much better with the painted sides, no?



But to me, this looked a bit like the Omega Nebula (also known as the rose nebula) so added some little stars along with the blue beads and quilting.

On Friday, I'll have two more finishes for you in this series.  See you then!

It's my birthday too, yeah!

But,


... you get the present!


Email me your snailmail address and I'll send it along.   Thanks to everyone who played along.

See you tomorrow with a finished piece!

If you guessed more of the Paperwork series, you'd be right!   See you on Wednesday with a finished piece!

(She may have a point.)

On Monday, I'm back to ferns!  A year ago, I made a fern, and during the construction of it, I said I was going to make a bunch of them.

Well, don't you think it's time I made Fern#2?  I do!



P.S. Linking up with Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday through Missy Mac Creations. Come and join the fun!

However, I guess these two are a post-modern version of Nan and Bert - given that they're a: Black, and b: have something very different to say than Nan and Bert might have!

Wanna know what they have to say?  Come back on Friday!

See you then...

I started by painting a girl twin first - just with acrylic paint, straight onto a piece of cloth. I didn't prime the piece first or put any gesso on it. Another quilt artist who paints on fabric told me she doesn't gesso first so I thought I'd give it a shot.   It made the paint kind of crunchy once it dried, but she may use different acrylic paints (I use Golden acrylics).
 



And then I quilted her!

Stay tuned on Wednesday for the boy...