Catching up from SA , part 2

I had a problem adding more pictures to my first post for some reason so here is part 2. I belong to a similar group , but smaller, in SA and we produce a piece every 2 months but it will be for a year and again I am trying to keep the challenges within a theme so I can hang these together as one. I am using a pack of Heide's fabric and the sizes of each are approx 29" x 7". Our first challenge (the gold) was 'Revolution/s' and the second 'a traditional block, cut into'. I stretched the theme in the second challenge to be a painted 9-patch.

Techniques have been paint, embossing powders, hot spots and foil, glue and glitter powders and the quilting varies from small to large stippling, changing the thread colour and I have included some pearl shapes. These will not hang together as the continuous 9-patch at the top of the purple will have to be continued to flow. The next theme is 'symbols' and this one will go between these two.

The carving is a piece I found in amongst some braai (barbecue) wood that had been purchased ages ago, probably not even by us as we use charcoal, however, it was discovered approx a year after my gardener, Phillip, and passed away which was a big loss to me. Who by.... who knows but it is absolutely beautiful and I finally decided I wanted to give Phillip, as he has an uncanny likeness to him, a place to 'live'. I finished this mosaic piece on Tuesday and Phillip now sits proudly on his perch attached to the wall of the house looking over my garden.