I've been collecting madras-type plaids--shirts, dresses, etc.--that I thought would go well with some similar yardage I've had for many years. All together, they've finally reached critical mass--enough to make a bed-sized quilt with a fair amount of variety. The colors fall into two main groups--the citrus and the turquoise/pink--showing their respective vintages. Interestingly, they both include the same lavender and other purples.
My plan was to come up with an easy to stitch free-style design. Lately, I've been very taken with strip-pieced blocks made into strippy-type quilts. And I liked the idea of having the bright orange provide a focus for each block. So, I settled on 8-inch squares, pieced so that the orange diagonals make a bold zig-zag line. I'll use the subdued green/blue plaid for vertical sashing strips.
The pieced fabric looks pretty wild:
After trimming, the blocks look marginally more civilized:
Can hardly wait to see how it looks when it's done!
4 comments:
Lovely colors together! I like your approach, and can relate to the critical mass concept. I have a few ones who are not there yet...
I like your mix of order and randomness / wonkiness. This is looking very promising ; )
I have 2 lap quilts made like this (straight even strings) sewn on muslin foundation. Next time I might be bold and skip the extra layer?
Thank you for the inspiration!
Hey Meg, You are a gal after my own heart!!! I don't buy fabric either unless it is a muslin or something like that. Even my backs of quilts I piece. I use mainly fabric given/donated to me, so I use what I have, and try to be creative with that. I even take thread and batting, ect. It is a wonderful and free way to think when starting to sew something. I just look and see what I have and somehow it always works!!! I love your plaid squares and the way you have a middle fabric that carries your theme. Great work! I have only looked at todays blog, so I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your blogs.
oooh, love those fabrics and the fun blocks. please be saving those scraps! I hope you are. if not, if it's bigger an an inch and you're going to throw it away, pls send to me (or someone else).
This looks great! I really like the colors and the lines from the plaid, along with the piecing, gives off a great energy and movement!
(P.S. I did not see an email address to contact you directly, but have answered your questions about my quilting in the comment section of my blog. xo Vic)
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