I spent most of the day yesterday creating this pattern for one of the pundit pieces. Admittedly, I chose one of the easier compositions to start with. I am determined to do this with precision piecing. The pattern attempts to simplify that. It was a challenge to make the seam lines work so that they don't disrupt the message. We'll see how far my patience goes with those parameters. The nice thing about creating the pattern in Illustrator is I can experiment with size and construction details before I start cutting fabric. I have this paper pattern printed out on my design wall at around 46" square. I may make it smaller, this guy screams dominant, arrogant male to me. Which makes me think perhaps I need to do a dominant arrogant female too. The ones on TV are mostly blonde....
A trip to the local repair shop to pick up my trusty Bernina will get me jazzed up to begin. Today I will debut fabrics, and think about the line work that will finish it off.