I'm still going with this. The hourglasses went on down the left-hand side and are looking just right to me. I also added to the right-hand side, cutting the strip I was adding so that I could keep that curve in the denim.
It feels to me right now as though the area with all the dark blue stripes and grey bits is a self-contained thing, so I'm not planning to add any more blue verticals, just that one piece horizontally across the bottom (or what is currently the bottom ). I'm also going to stop adding in the grey floral, except in hourglasses, so no more big bits. Practically, I think the next step is going to entail just adding strips top, bottom, sides, rather as if this were a medallion with a very big middle. Since I don't want it to feel like a medallion particularly, I will be trying to pay careful attention to how the strips and hourglasses fit together so it's not too obvious.
Here are the next two strips going onto the left and right-hand sides and also some of the random bits I am trying out around the edges.
When I started, the floral bottom left felt a big loud and shouty and like it should only be used in smaller pieces, but somehow, now that the quilt is bigger, I feel much more comfortable considering using great big chunks of it. Of course, given that it was a shirt, I only have enough fabric for a couple of those chunks, but that's definitely enough to have an impact.
As this stands, I am not far of a length I would be happy with but am some way short of a satisfactory width. Never mind.
9 comments:
I really love the hourglasses on that side and those little crosses are so nicely scattered about, this is coming together really well...hugs, Julierose
Oh, how lovely that you kept the curve in the denim! I really like how this one is coming together now and I look forward to seeing how the floral shirt works its way in.
The contrast of the hourglass shape with the strips is so awesome. You have a knack for picking out colors/patterns.
Lila
I always enjoy watching you put together your quilts. It seems there is always something for me to learn!
Oh I like this a lot!
I really like the addition of the pink (that's the color it looks like on my computer) strip down the right side. It brings it all together.
Lovely!!! The hourglasses going right down the LH side look great an I like your idea of strips around medallion style, from the photo at the end of your post I think it's a good choice.
Repeating myself - your blues are wonderful. What a treat to watch this quilt come together. I see what you meant about large chunks of the floral working out now. Fitting large strips with bits of hourglasses reminds me of what Linda at Kokaquilts is doing with BB1 (except she added geese and coins.) I’ll try to remember your idea next time I’m stuck on the border.
Loving your progress on this Kaja. I wonder what you have in mind next?
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