A lot of illustration means that I will have to do a lot of stitching. It's taken longer that I thought to do the drawing because of the size of the picture… it's over 6 ft wide and I have to stand over the table, so I can really only do it for 2 hours at a time, my arms ache…. I did about 6 hours today… but I really wanted to finish it. I think I'm 3/4 of the way there.

However, the fabric I'm going to use to trace this image onto for the illustrated quilt is prepared.

The collage will be different. Some of these lines will be used for the outline of the applique pieces… some will be used as quilting lines.