Update: Quilt Show Challenge Fabric
I was able to play with the ScanN’Cut that Monica lent me. I have the Torii legs, moon, and yellow cherry blossoms cut out using it. I also have one branch cut, will need to do one more and a few cherry blossom petals to cut out.
The ScanN’Cut is quite easy to use, just limited to 12” x 12”, thus I had to cut the roof of the Torii by hand so it did not have a seam, but it was mostly straight lines and thus quite easy to get. Here are some pictures of the scan in cut in action.
Here is a rough (very) layout and I still need to fussy cut the owls, I should get the rest of the cutting done by the weekend. Will have to play with layout then fuse it down, then appliqué it all and thread-paint the blossoms. Have some done tests with this and am quite happy with how it should turn out.
I am being minimal in the parts, don’t want to over complicate the image. I am not sure how I want to quilt it, but am leaning to horizontal lines in the purple and circles in the moon. I am leaning towards no quilting on the Torii to keep a silhouette. This is turning out to be a very romantic image, which I am happy about. It is tranquil and a place that would be nice to visit.