Have been waiting for this day so I could start my projects and now, Day 1 little gem is finished and up on the design wall! Hooray!! Secret Places is the official theme so I thought I would do something with windows, windows in all kinds of habitats and houses. What do we see through them that frames a special spot? What do we see looking in that makes us wonder? Not content to do anything simple of course, I’m using 3” muslin squares that can be put into a quilt maybe in the end. Oh yes, and the background color is based on the low temperature for the preceding day. In the years to come, I’ll remember that January had lots of purples since these are used for subzero and lower teens. I thought the idea might be called “It Takes whole town to get through a Port Byron Winter”. Or a Midwest winter or a village . . . .
So,  for the first habitat, it ended up being a church with a stained glass window, bells, a cross and sitting on a hill. A good way to start the challenge. As a group, they should have lots of bright colors, uses of complementary hues, interesting imagery in the windows, lots of embellishments, some new embroidery stitches I haven’t tried before, new fabric combinations, mixed media, hand dyed fabrics and trims, photo images, or whatever hits me spontaneously that morning. So . . Here’s a picture of the first one.  Anyone have any ideas to try with this project? Always love to hear because coming up with 100 mini gems will be interesting and a stretch at times I’m sure.