Queen of the Nereids and Bouree

In 2007, I created a painted wholecloth...I called it "Mermaids Reef". It made it's show debut and promptly sold to a collector during the show.  I always wanted to make another one.



Fast forward to a couple of years ago, I finally got around to drawing my design for a new mermaid quilt.  Then I put it away.  A couple months ago IMQA announced that the theme for MQS 2012 would be "Under the Sea"

Well, you can probably guess where this is going....

Yes I pulled my drawing out again, did some tweaking to the design, and started working on it.  That means I enlarged it to a full sized pattern and marked my fabric.  I then masked all the motifs and painted the background.

Then I started working on the applique for "Seahorse Samba" that I shared with you last week....I like to have more than one project going at a time so I don't get tired of working on one thing exclusively.

My friend Cathy Wiggins has been after me to show her my mermaid piece, because she is also doing a mermaid painted wholecloth.  And she has shown hers already.

So since mine is still masked with only the background painted and most of the designs are covered ,  I decided to show photos of my pattern drawing  so you can actually get more of an idea what it will look like.   When I'm a little further along in the painting process I'll share more.

It's fairly large, approximately 90" x 70"

















It's going to take a while to get this all painted! And then of course it has to be quilted.  But I started early.

And now for those who come for the kitty fix, I give you Bouree helping with the laundry