Sketchy Saturday: Computer Drawing

Hello my sketchy friends! Today I am drawing several designs, but not with pencil and paper. Instead I’m working on the computer with Adobe Illustrator to draw my sun quilt design.

I am so excited about this design and impatient to see it drawn out in a final form so I can begin planning the quilting design. I’ll probably also use this computerized drawing to make a master pattern for this quilt so it’s worth taking the time to draw it on the computer.

This took more time than I expected to get just right. Once I started combining shapes together and coloring, I realized I needed to back up and print out the drawing before merging any of the spaces together.

 

Thankfully I can just hit CTRL Z and back up and just print out a plain version of the design. Now to color, plan how the pieces lock together and play with the quilting design. I’m excited to begin cutting fabric, but I know better than to rush off before I’ve answered all the questions within this design.

What are you sketching or designing this Saturday? Share in the comments below!
Let’s go quilt or draw,
Leah Day

 

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

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