I recently completed my first art quilt in my first art quilt swap. In
returned, I received a beautiful art quilt of a manatee, which is my
daughter's favorite animal. This prompted me to want to make another art
quilt, but of one of my son's favorite animals, the bald eagle.
I found a neat printable on-line that had the body parts divided with
what colors to use. I didn't want my bald eagle to be an exact replica,
but I wanted it to be close, and fun! I love how the star fabrics are
light and dark, like day and night. And, as a bonus, I had everything
already in my stash! The loops for hanging was fabric I had, which
coordinates with fabric used in the manatee quilt!
It measures about 15" wide by 13" high.
Close up of the eagle:
It was also my first time sewing things that small for something like
this, as well as the detail of my machine going around the eagle. I
chose to sew it after I put it together so the eagle is quilted on the
back (the darker stars). I used the invisible close on the last side to
sew it up. I'm still getting the hang of that! And, since what I had
in the house was the heat resistant stuff you'd use in pot holders, etc,
I used that instead of quilt batting..so, I guess in a pinch I could
use it.....*gasp!* NO!! just kidding
Thanks for looking! PS, sorry they are posted the wrong way...they shouldn't be!
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