Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011

#15 of the Improvisational Quilts (from Judy)

It's called 'What About the Parrot?'  And like all the others, it's around 45" wide and 60" long.

A Quilt of Variation (from Judy)

This quilt is a little hard to explain.  The idea was that of a single variation in each 4-square block.  The variation could involve either rotating the entire block 90 degrees or rotating one square in the block 90 degrees, or replacing half of one square with some other fabric.  I started in the middle (column 5, row 5: you can see a little round spot/a yellow flower pin head in that block) and worked around circularly, ending at the upper right hand corner.  The sashing is 1/2 inch; each square is 5 inches on a side.

It is big enough at this point (about 45 inches across) for me to see how it works.  Next one, I think, I start at the upper left-hand corner and work linearly so I don't have to end up with a square.  But it is a pretty interesting design principle, I think.  One of the things I learned is that striped fabric is good and another is that vague prints are useless.  Maybe stick to stripes and solids next time?  If you have any thoughts about it/suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.  ---Judy