Nekkid

Finally, this blog has entered the current year of 2013. I'm almost caught up on my projects (the ones I have pictures of, anyway) and will soon be able to dial down the posting and crank up the crafting.

This post is pretty basic. I wanted to experiment with a couple of nudes. The female form has such wonderful lines and curves and I wanted to see how that would translate into free motion quilting.

"A Simple Girl"

 

I didn't do much in the way of fancy for this lady. No paint, no pencils...just lines with thread. I jazzed it up by using metallic thread for her hair and her robe, but that's it. I like the way she turned out, but my fiance thinks I should have included a butt crack. Heh. 

 

"Untitled Nude"

 

This is postcard sized, and nothing special. I like the lines, added some paint, but otherwise feel pretty "meh" about it. I like it enough to keep it around, but not enough to actually bind it.

 

I do have one more in the series that is very fetching except for the fact that her nipples are pointing in different directions. Highly distracting, that. The lines are done in thread, but I haven't gone any further just yet. I'm probably going to fool around and see if painting or quilting can give her some artistic plastic surgery. If not, she'll probably hit the scrap heap...beauty is so fickle.