And voila. I'm not sure I can explain my process. Mostly I have a short attention span, when I get tired of something, I make a change. In this case I added red. You remember the red challenge? Well, so did I. What better way to solve the blahs, right?
I do most of my deciding standing in front of the design wall. That was certainly true in this case. These pieces are just that, pieces. Big chunks of squares and rectangles--before I added the larger neutrals. I added those just as I would for HST, except I cut everything into rectangles about the same size. I drew diagonal lines and sewed on either side, then cut on the lines. In every case I pressed toward the solid piece.
The next feeling of "ahn, enough of this" I dug out some larger pieces of beige and used them to turn what was (for the most part) rectangles, into right triangles.
It was while I was trying to figure out how to arrange the new diagonals that I hit on creating these bold lines with the red pieces. In some ways it's meant to look like a log cabin on the diagonal. But I may be the only one to see that.
7 comments:
How fabulous is that, Mary!
That's a classic, great use of color, contrast and balance.
I applaud you.
LOve Love and Love...red is my favorite neutraL!!
Oh how clever you are! It's beautiful.
How clever you are to work it out. And what a treat to have it in a show soon.
This is just great, Mary! I like the diagonal, sort of log cabin-y feel a lot, and the combination of those lovely reds with all the neutrals.
I love it - no matter how you got there, it's wonderful. Process is a very tricky thing to describe for others.
I can't believe that it's been so long since I posted about this quilt. Sorry for missing all your comments and posts. I've been a little busy with family. When you have seven sisters, catching up with everyone is a whole thing. I love my crazy, fun-loving sisters!
So the quilt. I see log cabin, but the show team is a bit more traditional, so there were some questions. Some "how" and "why" questions that I'm not sure I answered in a traditional way. In the end, I said stick it anywhere. I feel that I've gotten enough from making the quilt that seeing it a show or winning a ribbon is not terribly important. It will be in the show, but perhaps in the "other" category. After all that, I am thrilled to read your comments.
I always love my quilts, no matter whether others "get" them, but your responses certainly are encouraging. I am convinced that my tribe is right here and hope I applaud your work as much as you praise mine.
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