Quilting-Painting whole cloth quilts

This week has had many ups and down and a lot of time taken up with other pressing matters.  It is one of those moments in my life where I have had to put my art aside a bit and change my focus on other things.  I don't really enjoy doing this but I have alot of pressing things that need taking care of.  Life's like that sometimes :)

In the last couple of weeks I have had time to finish painting the top of my daughter on her violin.  I have enjoyed painting her and I was hoping to enter into a competition but I just plain ran out of time.  It has been a challenge but I love the results.

The skirt has been painted and stamped and stencilled.  I used homemade original designs for the stamping.  To add texture to the skirt I used different sizes of bubble wrap.

I added a dark line around her bust line to give more shape to her.

Next I added a paler shape around the back of her. 

I changed the photo into black and white to make sure I had enough tones on her.

I didn't like the background so I turned it into a full circle.  This really looked like the moon so I decided to make a night sky behind her. 

I will add more of the dimension to this piece with free machine quilting.

As I have painted this piece of work I am feeling closer to my daughter.  It has really helped my relationship with her grow and flourish.