Homage to Baltimore Album Quilts, Summer

Here's a picture of the Summer Baltimore Album. It's warmer and livelier in real life as the red border really glows. In the closeup you can see the swirls in the clear glass background as well as lines in the leaves and the depth to the roses.

Getting Ready for the next show

So it's off to Ballston Arts Show in Ballston Virginai again this Saturday. I did well enough there last time to make the trip worthwhile though I'm seriously considering Thurmont too. Sigh, so many shows , so little time.
Di is making a few new pieces, some more Flying Geese, a new Appalachian Star and in a departure for us, a piece with bevels. I think she is making a convertible on a road, which would be absolutely amazing!
Just finished a new Homage to Baltimore, see the blog from March to see the earlier version. I partially sunk the roses so that they are not as far forward from the design plain. I also omitted the yellow dots. I'm not sure that was an improvement, so I may return them to the design in future. However, the next project is to make a companion piece with a cornucopia . I was originally going to make 3 in this series, but Di suggested I make 4- one for each season. I like the idea so the one here is Summer, with roses in full bloom. The next will be Autumn, with a full cornucopia and fruit, possibly some wheat or corn. Thoughts for winter are easy: Holly leaves and berries , maybe a topiary sort of thing . It's Spring that is causing problems. Since I'm limited to a palate of gold, mid to dark greens and scarlet, with maybe a few touches of another color, I'm finding any thing other than tulips to be a tough design. Most Spring flowers are either clear yellow or purple . I'm sure I'll come up with something