Clark County Quilters (CCQ) issued a challenge for 2026 to celebrate both the 50th year of the guild and the 250th anniversary of the USA. The piece had to be done in red, white and blue with stars and stripes, plus gold. It couldn't be wider than 24", and the length was not limited. I immediately thought about doing a lady with striped bottoms, star sunglasses, and lots of glitz. Here are my sketches of ideas:
I found a picture in my sketch book and used that to draw my design to scale. In order to get the face the right size, I took a picture of it and resized it in Photoshop. I also posterized it so that I would have the 4 values that I needed to make the face realistic. Here is the sketch and face to scale.
I started working on the pants first (shown above and detail below). I knew that I wanted them to be red and white striped, and I used my chop and drop method to make them. (Actually, I forgot the first step and didn't add the blobs of fabric before adding all the trim!). I think they turned out very cute.
The next thing that I made was the top and sleeves. I used 3 shades of blue blobs and trims to give it some kind of shading. I also added gold thread to add that spark of shiny gold.
I hope you like it so far!
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