First Challenge...DONE!

Finally finished the "PUZZLE" challenge and found it hard!! Couldn't come up with anything that wasn't literal so I left it alone for a month..or two. Decided to go and do other stuff like clean up my photos on my new computer...old one crashed and burned and now has no memory of the accident or anything else for that matter...so while browsing I found old photos of my family. This one is of my grandfather and his brothers taken just before they moved from Quebec to Saskatchewan to homestead in the south of the province. The puzzle idea came when I wasn't sure which one is my grandfather and who are the other two???? I could do a whole series on this as I have tons of photos of people who I don't know from the past.
I have decided to make some "starter" quilts consisting of backing, batting and plain top that I quilt in various patterns that I can just use for my "art" quilts. They are small enough to work on and practise different techniques and also, they are quick to do. I printed the photo on Jaquard ExtravOrganza and temporarily attached it to a piece of "art" fabric. I turned under the edges of the piece and using a zipper foot, added "binding" which is a zipper and attached the whole thing to the starter quilt. I then quilted the trees and decided that it needed more, so I went to my bead stash and added the squares and beads.
I'm thinking the problem I'm going to have with this challenge thing is that I'll be wanting to make a series out of each one I do....and I so do not have the time for that!!!
Meanwhile, I'm lovin this one!