excited

for several years now, i have been proclaiming that i would like to do more commissioned work. it has now been a long time since any came my way. but now – i have one, and it’s a very nice one. a woman who saw my work at the auburn show and has decided she would like a wallhanging over her bed. we have gotten as far as which designs she wants – 5 of the flowers in the nearly nouveau series. today i have spent some time seeing if can fit those 5 blocks within the size she wants. a bit of a challenge, as it turns out. mostly because she wants the black eyed susan in the middle and that one is larger than the others. i have come close to what she said – am hoping there’s at least a little ‘wiggle room’. don’t have any pictures to share here, yet. i will be able to do that now that i have a new (wireless!!) printer/scanner (that actually works!!). hmm, maybe i will wait to post this till i have something?? ok, did that – and here are the first two (really) rough layouts. some imagination required here! ^_^ couldn’t find exactly right color markers, etc.

i don’t really know which one she will choose. i think the square setting works better for the overall size/shape she was thinking. however, i know she really liked the s.f. wallhanging, and those are set on point. she’s not a quilter, so only choosing from the ‘look’ she likes.