Briefly...

...as I'm tired and it's late
Today's top


And quilting - this is  "Mod Indigo" for Quiltfest and is ready to bind tomorrow



and some new ideas curling out of my little machine at home



time for chocolate, I think...

Some Days are Just Creative

We had a great day, despite the darkness and the rain, in the workshop today. Both having made some blocks for the Quiltfest entries we have been working on, we laid out, added to, rearranged, sewed together, and consulted.
And drank lots of tea.  See the previous post for HH's first two, including the original quilt.. Now, these are entirely different again
HB working in a soft blue-green palette with pops of shocking pink

Details




And HH with a stark black-white-and-pink - not quite complete here


and details



We have both been messing about with the original 4 blocks, combining and extending the ideas..

Working on the same project at the same time (not something we are in habit of doing) has been very interesting and most instructive. It has really highlighted our different working methods - both equally viable:
HH's artistic approach saw her making half a dozen blocks of various dimensions and proportions, pinning them to the design wall in a pleasing arrangement and filling in the intervening space to make the quilt to the appropriate size.
HB works in a much more methodical way making the improv blocks in regular, modular sizes to fit into a pre-determined grid structure. The layout was then arranged (and rearranged) on a workbench and spaces filled with un-pieced blocks.
Hard to believe that these two very different quilts contain that same four blocks - plus a few of our own variations on these four.

Modern Goes to Quiltfest

Just to remind all of the details on this. This was my quilt, as featured in The Quilter magazine over 4 issues, with different improvised blocks each time. My finished version was in rainbow colours and white, but there are no restrictions. Any Guild member inspired by the ideas can send a quilt to Quiltfest next February, but you need to have images ready to send in November. The entry forms and more details are here

http://www.quiltfest.org.uk/

click on the header “Modern Sampler Entry Form”

Now, although this was from the head and heart (and the ideas) of Modern Quilting, the end product can be entirely in your own style, and there is no reason why you have to be wedded to white. 

So, here's a glimpse of Version 2 - pieced last night and ready to layer..
This one is called Mod Indigo


Detail...
Version 3 coming along soon...