Steadfast Tin Soldier

I participated in a Crazy Quilting International Round Robin with a fairy tale theme. I selected my favorite -- Hans Christion Anderson's The Steadfast Tin Soldier. I pieced an oversize block that will be used as one side of a project tote bag. The work on this one is beautiful. Most of the elements of the story are there. I love the ballerina and tin soldier together on the left side. You'll also see the goblin that cursed them in the upper left, the creaky old tree outside the window ledge from which the tin soldier fell, the tin soldier adrift on a paper boat in the center, a wonderful fish swallowing him up center right, the melted tin heart lower right, and in the lower left you can see the castle the ballerina danced before.

Work remaining to be done: Fill stitch the castle. Add a swan swimming on a mirrored lake. Fill in the few blocks without motifs. Sew together the tote bag. Use and love.