Construction Challenges

Piecing all those diamonds around the solid pieces of gradient fabric that have the moon and  High Priestess appliqued to them proved to be a little challenging.  Rather than piece the areas behind the applique and then cut them away, I decided to piece the background with the "holes" in it.  It turned out to be a bit tougher than I had anticipated. In the end, I divided the background into 7 sections of pieced diamonds and then pieced the sections together leaving the "holes" for the moon and High Priestess.   Getting the sections with the holes to line up and lay flat gave me some frustrating moments, but in the end it all worked out great.  That said...I won't be doing things that way again!

Some photos of the process... Section 1 & 2



After sewing



Section 3



3 sewn



Section 4



4 sewn



Section 5



5 sewn



Section 6



6 sewn



Section 7



7 sewn



I'm amazed that it lined up as well, and actually is pretty flat!

Then the prepped hole # 1 for the moon and pinned in place for reverse applique...with Bouree toes :)



Then prepped hole #2 for the High Priestess and pinned her in place



I did the reverse applique by hand and the reverse appliqued sections blend beautifully with the pieced background diamonds!  Now I'm adding the trees, sphere for the wand and Luna moths (by machine applique).  Photos of all that another time.

There sure is a lot of hand work in this quilt...wonder what got into me. lol !