I'm working on several projects at the moment. I'm loving being at school and learning new things! I'm also exploring extracurricular opportunities in arts and crafts. The great thing about having more than one thing going at a time is if I get bored with one project, I can move on to another one. I just need to be disciplined in finishing them all:)
So here's some pics of the quilt I'm making for the
Modern Quilt Challenge. The criterion is to create a monochromatic quilt at least 45"x45". I love greens, so I "shopped" my stash and found these fabrics. The strip on the right is just the reverse side of one of the other fabrics (yes, you can do that!). It makes a good background.
I thought I'd try out a technique that I saw on another blog. Using my mosaic tile frame, I pushed fabric through the holes and ironed interfacing onto the backside to stabilize.
Now I have all these wonderful puffy pieces of fabric to work with! This will form the top of my tree.
Delightful, isn't it?! I filled in the small spaces with the "reversed fabric". All the pieces are pinned to a panel of muslin that will be the approximate size of the finished quilt. Now for the trunk...
I wanted the trunk to also have a distinctive look, so I chose two of the green fabrics to create a vertical patchwork.
I think that is pretty successful:)
The background poses a challenge since I have a limited pallet. I'll switch the fabrics around so that the ones I used for the trunk are on the top background and the fabrics used for the leaves are on the bottom background. I chose another technique that I recently learned called the "disappearing 4-patch". I created several 4-patch blocks, alternated the orientation of the colors and cut them in a stack so that I can rearrange the pieces and stitch them together again into blocks.
So that's where I'm at with this particular project. I'll update when I've got more... can't wait to show you more!
