Last night, I disappeared into my sewing studio to create. I was wound up from a fantastic, yet frustrating, basketball game, and just needed to unwind. I have plenty of ongoing projects to work on, but there was black thread in the machine and I was in the mood to do something new and unstructured, so i just started sewing strips together and cutting out freehand flowers and leaves.
Here's the quilt I had in mind as inspiration:
I don't know whose quilt this is - I must have seen it online somewhere and saved it for inspiration. If it is yours, please let me know, so I can give credit where credit is due. If it is yours and you want me to remove it from my blog, please let me know and I will gladly. I think it is wonderful, though, don't you?
Anyway, this picture is saved on my laptop, which I had left at work, so I didn't have the photo to use as a guide last night, just my faulty memory. Here's what I came up with: (note that nothing is sewn together besides the strips; everything is just laid on top of a folded piece of fabric on the floor)
I finally left it there last night and went to bed to read for a while. Today, of course, I am exhausted from only getting 5 hours of sleep, but I'm curious to see how I feel about it when I get home tonight. What do you think - is it worth pursuing? I think I like the three columns of strips like the inspiration quilt, how about you? What about the flowers - I couldn't remember how the original was made, which is why I made them the way I did, but then I was at a loss as to how to place the leaves. Also, I was thinking that the applique and the scrappy columns would not go from end to end, but they do in the inspiration quilt. Which do you prefer?
If I follow through and make this into a quilt, I'm thinking of calling it "Stripes and Scrap-plique".
Erin, I love the dark background that makes the colors pop! Go for it!!!! What book were you reading?
ReplyDeleteHi Erin
ReplyDeleteI think I like 3 strips instead of 2--How would putting the 3rd strip across the bottom, still with some black in between it and the other two columns? I see the bottom pieced row going across the bottom of the whole quilt--ie under the appliqued section as well. I'll be watching to see what you decide to do.
Gail
I recognize the photo from one of the quilt shows I went to, and remember blogging about it. I just can't remember which show it was! For my 2 cents, I like the 3 strips instead of 2. Karen
ReplyDeleteThe dark background makes those colors pop for sure. I'd do three columns. Your flowers are you so don't change them.
ReplyDeleteI like three colums also. I agree, nothing makes colors pop like black.
ReplyDeleteHey, Erin. I think I like yours better. It's more orderly, from the strips to the flowers. I've gained a new appreciation for order. Take care. Lane
ReplyDeleteI think 3 columns would be nice but like the layout you have with the black border all around. Can't wait to see finished top!
ReplyDeleteI like it too......needs another column of strips and I do like when a vine is involved if the flowers and leaves look like the are growing from the vine. but you sure got a lot done in one sitting! It will be a terrific looking quilt.
ReplyDeleteHappy sewing