Another Figure Study

No more excuses.  Back into the studio for me!  The air conditioning unit in the studio works much better than the old one ever did.  I always had to abandon ship in the late afternoon on hot days.  With the sewing machine (Bernina and/or Gammill), iron and lights, the temperature would creep up into the mid-eighties.  We knew we needed a bigger a/c, but it took a breakdown to force us to actually get it.

So I crept back into the studio this week.  I say crept, because I've lost my drive to work since the whole a/c debacle started.  Before the forced inactivity (studio-wise) I had a terrific work ethic -- up after  breakfast, short break for lunch, back until B got home from his office.  But now, anything else sounds like much more fun.  Even housework.  As a result, I have a very clean house, a well-weeded garden and some newly organized closets.

Perhaps I needed a break.  

I decided to start small.  This piece is about 40" x 40".  I drew a small figure sketch, pulled a few fabrics and got to work.

Very southwestern palette, isn't it?  Not my usual.  One disclaimer:  I pinned it up over the beginnings of another piece, one that was not sewn together.  So it looks lumpy.  It really isn't.

I'm not sure what I think of this piece.  I may need to crop it down a bit.  What do you think?

I'm linking this post to Nina-Marie's Off the Wall Friday, Richard and Tanya's Quilts Link a Finish Friday and Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it up Friday.  Go see all the wonderful work there!