I decided to really stretch myself and make an art quilt with 5 ladies on it. This was a jumping off point after the series of the 10 Garden Ladies. Every time that I've made faces and hands, there is something that just didn't look right. So tackling 5 in one piece is going to be a knuckle biting experience. Wish me luck.
I found an inspiration photo of 5 ladies making slightly goofy poses in an ad for Gundrun Sjogen clothing. I traced the picture and had it enlarged 700% at my local print shop. I'ts 38" H x 53" W. Here is the starting pattern for this piece.
As you can see, the faces all look ghoulish, and I know from previous pieces that at this stage that's OK. I needed the relative size and placement of eyes and mouth to make the faces look realistic later. I went searching on the internet and found 5 copyright free images of different women that would work for this piece. I downloaded them, sized them to fit and tacked them up in place on the starting pattern. A little more work needed to be done to get the sizes just right; one face is too small, another is too large, etc. And, of course, they will all look very different when done in fabric.
I hope you like following the steps so far!
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