Project Progress

I've been working on my new project the past two weeks, which I really have to find a name for. I don't know what else to call it, so I'm just goingn to refer to it as Midwestern Landscape #1. I decided to completely re-sketch the pattern since my first attempt was all muddled from my constant erasing and redrawing. Here is a little preview of my sketch, almost finished:

And I started dying the fabrics.

These are four slightly different shades of mottled blue that I am giong to cut into and start stitching up next week. And the brownish-khaki-ish fabric has been dyed once, overdyed, and is going through one more dye bath before being complete. I still have a small handful of other colors to dye up for this project, but this is enough to start sewing the project together.

And, as usual, I am freaking out about putting it all together. Sometimes when I start a project and it isn't coming together the way that I pictured in my head, well, I get dissapointed and give up. Yikes. I am taking the attitude that this is a learning experience (since I haven't done this kind of creating in years) and am determined to see it through to the end. Even if it doesn't quite meet my expectations! Stay tuned for more updates - good or bad!