I got the inspiration for this garden lady from a picture I found somewhere - perhaps Pinterest, maybe a magazine? I actually don't remember. Anyway, there was a green dress and gardening implements, so it was a great candidate for my 8th garden lady.
The watering can didn't seem to go along with the rest of the picture, so I changed it to a glass of iced tea, and switched the iced tea in the lower hand and the garden shears into the upper hand (thanks to Al for this suggestion!). I also changed the face to one that I found about hats on Pinterest. Here are the inspiration photos and sketches.
I made patterns with freezer paper for the dress parts.
I picked some material for the skin and hair.
Then started thinking about the background. I had 2 yards of a mottled gray with red circles that was promising. Frankly, it was about the only piece of fabric that I had in my stash that was large enough to be the entire background. It made me think about another season than the rest of my pieces, so it will become a fall themed quilt. I pulled some reds, oranges and pinks for the fall colors to start the inspiration. It'll probably change, though. And, now the iced tea doesn't make sense at all. Oh well, I love a challenge.
I hope it like it so far.
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