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Contest Update

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Mister Man And Sunset Swim are going to be hanging around my house a little longer. They are very sad they didn't get to take the USPS airplane ride to the east coast, but I am happy to have them staying with me. I'll have to see what I can do about creating other quilts that get to go for a plane ride.

Mister Man goes to Market

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Actually Mister Man is about to fly through the mail system to Massachusetts, as well as through the internet to your screen. Here he is: Hopefully the photos I have posted here will give you an idea of the quilt. The quilt is only 12"x12" and was created using raw edge applique of mostly batik fabrics, followed by thread painting with Superior cotton and Sulky rayon threads , as well as extra highlights and shadowing from Paintstiks and colored pencils. Here are a few closeups: I think the red fruits on top are tomatoes. And the produce in the basket started out being heads of lettuce but because of their extreme size and the watermelon below, they kind of look like watermelons too, so we'll go with that. This is a close up of the tomatoes. I thought I loaded a close up of the peaches at the bottom, but - well they look similar so you get the idea! And a close up of Mister Man himself. He represents the grandpa's I always see at the farmers market. He cas...