Ojibwe Applique - sections joined

My quilting progress this weekend was slowed considerably by a sore throat that came on Friday afternoon, necessitating gallons of herbal tea and excess sleep.

I finished up the detailed applique for Ojibwe inspired quilt and decided I needed to connect the 5 sections before I finished with the leaves.  Sadly, I couldn't find any notes from when I designed this in 2005 as to the measurements of each section and only a vague idea on how they were supposed to go together.  And to make things more frustrating, I don't seem to have any more of one green fabric for the corner leaves.

Here's the upper left corner in which all the applique is finished.  Now the weird thing to me is that even with the guess on measurements the vine turned out the shape I'd originally planned but there's a big gap with no leaves or flowers where the panels join.

#$&*@#^!&@^!

I was really looking forward to being done with this.

The only other quiltish accomplishment was the purchase of this pile.  They came from 2 different thrift stores.  The bottom two are 100% cotton sheets that cost $2.50 each and are destined to be quilt backs.  The top 4 were the finds off the "all you can stuff in a bag for $1".  The brown are linen pants and the other 3 plaid cotton shirts.  The shirts I have in mind for a very functional quilt for one of my brothers.  I'm trying to convince myself to use linen in a quilt.  I'm just afraid how well it'll hold up in a bed quilt and regular laundering.

I think it's time for more tea and a soft pillow. zzzzz

Ojibwe Beadwork Inspired Applique

While I have temporary custody of my camera, I thought I'd share some close-ups of  the Ojibwe UFO turned WIP.  The first 5 pics are sections of the 4 side panels that will frame the center motif.

You can click here to see some examples of Ojibwe bead work.  As you can see, I fell in love with the stylized leaves and flowers.  The traditional beading has blue in it and is on a white background.  I changed the color scheme to match the original recipient's decorating colors.

The individual elements of my design were pulled from beadwork & coloring/clip art books as well as photos that I had taken at the National Museum of the American Indian.  
Over the weekend, I worked on this flower and set of leaves.  The vine on the top left of this photo will have the same shaped/colored  leaves as the bottom left.  I also finished the center motif below.

 The flower above is on the end of these vines that twist out of those crazy paisleys.

I'm really glad that I had finished as much as I had initially, as now I'm not so sure about the fabrics and color choice.  The dark red in this picture is actually burgundy, which looks great at a distance, but I'm not so sure I like it close-up.  And I've become quite a fabric snob since I bought some of these fabrics.  Hopefully the "cheap" fabrics will hold up.