Bailey Portrait Mosaic Post #2

How could you not love this dog?

 

 

This is where I was, the last time I posted here about my Bailey portrait mosaic quilt.

 

That was 9 rows.  The next step was to do the next 9 rows to complete the top half. 

My concern was to get Bailey's eyes right. 

 It's all about value since her face is pretty much the same color.

 

I continued adding the hair wisps and used darker fabric around her eyes to give the feeling of depth.

 

At this point I figured I better start sewing the squares together, all 648 of them.

I did not want any or many of them falling off my design wall. 

I decided to sew it in sections.  I find this gives me the best accuracy.

During the piecing, I was happy that I had photographs of the squares, because inevitably between the design wall and the sewing machine, some mix-ups happened. 

 Having the photo for reference saved my butt!

 

This is the pieced top half of my favorite subject!

 

 So far, so good.