Sometimes you have to step away from your art work to get a new perspective. After a heavy meal and a good night’s sleep, I came up with a plan for my improvised tree quilt.
I decided to add a bench under the tree. Placing another element in the design gives it more of a story line. It invites the viewer in and asks them to participate in the story. The tree is also tilted over the bench instead of away from it. Now it looks like they are looking at the same thing and in conversation. The tree and bench are old friends.
Wondering how I made the bench? I drew a sketch and turned it into a pattern. (See Pattern Transfer.) It was just easier to draw the bench and get the angles right than to free cut the shapes. I wonder what the bench and tree are talking about, don’t you?
