This is chugging along alright at the moment. I joined a couple of my chunks together (that's the bit at the top in the photo), and kept making other bits at the same time.
Joining bits to make bigger bits is the easy part. Some of my fabrics here (mostly the pale oranges) I am treating as interchangeable. Others, principally the dark, dark blue, which has tiny, fine orange stripes running through it, and the darkest floral, I am using more carefully.
Since I liked how the pieces looked lying on the floor together, I thought I'd have a go at finding a simple way of joining them together. I wondered about using a horizontal line of hourglasses, but it felt a bit too crowded. Interestingly, I don't hate them in this photo, but in real life it didn't work for me.
So I took them away, but left the denim strip. I am happier with the hourglasses running vertically down the left side. As things are right now, all of this is sewn together, except those hourglasses.
I am thinking that I might stop with the deep blue verticals at this point. I am running out of big pieces of the shirt and what is left would probably work better in hourglasses, given that I have a collection of odd shaped bits and bobs. The question is, then, what I do next. Your guess is currently as good as mine.
7 comments:
Looks like great progress to me! I like the hourglass shapes running vertically, too. I think that's probably because there are a lot of strong vertical elements in the piecing that keeping the horizontal to a minimum makes the horizontal have more impact.
Aha, blue and vertical statements happening and I do see those fine orange lines in the dark blue. I'm wondering how you will bridge to the next step.
And how big this quilt will decide to be. They do take on a life of their own.....
I love how random this looks, but I know it was and still is a struggle for you. It has a lot of character!
Yes, the hourglasses are just right down the LH side. I'm really looking forward to your next step with this, I love it! More hour glass blocks would be a good idea.
The dark blue has a richness to it. Great choice. I prefer the simple horizontal join in the middle, too. It’s always a treat to watch your work develop.
Loe your restrained palette in this, it'll be interesting to see where you go with it.
I didn´t look at your blog for weeks and so many beautiful things are happening here. These blue crosses are catching my eye, this works great. well balanced the eyes can look around and around.
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