Airplanes

My friend Sandy has a darling grandson who is in love with airplanes...so her being a quilter...guess what he's getting for Christmas!...Yup, you guessed it...an airplane quilt.  He can't get enough of them....and only 2 years old....I personally see airplanes in his future.  Sandy showed me this really cute fabric with airplanes on it.. 

 with a patchwork of grays and neutrals...

 It's adorable I thought but it needed a BIG RED AIRPLANE.  Well, Sandy is a fabulous piecer but doesn't do applique...... I don't piece but I can applique.  So I took the fabric home to see if we could add a big red plane.  And another thing...I don't draw...not one single bit ......so first thing was to find an image of a plane.  The internet has lots of copyrite free images as well as the Dover coloring books....AND....I have a son who draws really well. Here is one of the planes I found and thought would work.  I enlarged it quite a bit and placed it on the fabric to see the size and position. I wanted the plane to look like it was flying into the quilt.

 I had red fabric from Sandy which will also be used in the border.  The headlights are silver tissue lame backed with a fusible web for strength.

 I shaded the wings with Shiva oil sticks and stitching....

 And here it is finished....just needs the border and it will be done for Christmas.

I think little Maceo will like it!