I had a notion that I might be making hourglass units or maybe pinwheels. Both feel like itches I want to scratch at the moment. But it turns out I am still cutting curves. This time they are more like a quarter-oval shape than the loosely quarter circle-y things I did for the last couple of quilts. I tend to start by cutting a sleeve off a shirt I am planning to use. It feels less drastic somehow than chopping straight into a front or back piece: if I change my mind, I still have plenty of fabric left to try in something else. This time, I opened up a short sleeve and realised that if I cut it in half from shoulder to cuff, I pretty much got this curved piece and that seemed as good a place to start as any.
I made a few bits.
and I quite liked them, so I kept going.
Now I have a small pile and I am starting to play. They can make ovals
or, like this, they look like leaves, so maybe I'm making giant flowers.
It's not time for any decisions yet, but these are biggish, for me, so I won't make many more before I start thinking about where I am going. Nice to have options, though.
7 comments:
I like the layered, elongated oval shapes. And so smart to start with smaller pieces off the shirts like the sleeves. :)
Quarter ovals, there's a lot you can do with those and good colors too!
So different but the same. I like the light green with the deep reddish color. Keep going. . .
The color palette is wonderful and the shapes are very interesting!
The last photo reminds me of Audrey's flowers at Quilty Folk . . . I love your color palette and it will be fun to see where you go with this!
I like the elongated curvy shapes. That's a nice color palette too!
I'm liking the way the curves have obviously taken over!! Good reasoning with the sleeves first, roughly how much 'yardage' would you have out of a shirt?
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