If somebody asks how long this took, lie. Better they think yer silly than nuts. This is making the standard, tacking the edges of heat stuck applique method seem worth a second look. The six inch thread sticking out of the greenish area is waiting to be pulled taut and snipped. It will draw back behind and disappear. It's already short enough to make knotting challenging. Future runs at this method will definitely have more over cut (bigger tabs for stitching on) especially on the shinny fabrics.
The scary part is I've just gotten started good. While it seems like these pictures are a bit dense detail wise, I really like how they look as fabric mosaics. This is probably one the very few that will get a potholder test. I am totally stoked about doing some of them as baby blankets (single frames). Several of the pages from "My First Hundred Teefes" (especially the front cover,"Hyah") are landscape-like with way too much detail to do in a panel (potholder) but might make a weird enough baby blanket to get hung on the wall. I can already see the old growth Teefes as various kinds of ticking, Hyah!
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