Aurora Borealis and Sailboat

 

While participating in a quill-along, one of the group members posted this picture.

I liked it so much that I decided that I would take the challenge to quill it.
Therefore, I proceeded to print it to an 8"x10" (20 cm x 25 cm)  size.

Well, being a lake or pond scene I thought it needed something else. After thinking for quite a while I decided that a sailboat would be appropriate

I found the perfect image of a sailboat in one of my church’s bulletin. So, I cut it out and glued it on the picture with the Aurora Borealis as a background.

To make the sails I first outlined the “veins” with dark gray paper strips:

 I took a full length of a paper strip, and fold it in half.

Glue the halves together.

Folded it in half once more.

Glue the halves together. Therefore, I was working with 1/4 strips as a time.

Measure each “vein” and cut the segment.

Glue each segment on the “vein” (black horizontal line).

Hold the “new veins” in place by propping them up with straight pins.

 

After I had all the “veins” ready, I filled in the spaces with marquises or teardrops.

To make this picture I used 5mm wide and 22 cm long paper strips in different colors 

and shapes.

It was a real challenge to come up with the right colors for the Aurora Borealis. I tried several things and finally came up with the solution. I glued 2 different colored paper strips together (pink and orange, blue and teal, dark blue and black). Each color was 11 cm long.

 

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I used a ruler to make sure that I followed a straight line and that I stayed within the boundaries while gluing the shapes on the border.

For the corners I used straight pins to keep the rulers propped up while waiting for the glue to dry,

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Once the picture was finished I wanted to create the Aurora Borealis effect: the stars and the star dust.

To make the stars in the Aurora Borealis and the phosphorescence created by the waves when splashing against the sailboat I used “fairy dust” as created by fellow quiller Diane Boden

To create the effect of the star dust in the Aurora Borealis I used about a half teaspoon of white glitter mixed with an ounce of white glue and then spread it on the surface  using a sponge brush.

Once the glue was dry, it was ready to frame.

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