My next quilt is in progress. It has changed a lot from the orginal idea (down below) that I started out with.
My idea about how to design these abstract quilts has changed. I find what works for me is to start with a central idea or color, this time it’s the heart, and eye balling different colors and shapes next to it. I can see the need for a quilt design board. I had already stitched the pink design to the muslin. When I layed the red heart on the pink design I decided the heart needed a border/background. I really like the way the yellow with pokadots looks against the red heart. Then I laid the acid green next to the whole design and fell in love with how it played against the other colors.
Construction. All the pieces where hand cut using no patterns, just eye balling. The green is in 4 sections. The Yellow pokadot was also hand cut with no pattern.
The pink design was actually done before the heart, yellow polka dot, and green design. The pink was hand cut with no pattern. I then appliqued the pink using the method in which Hawaiian quilts are appliqued.
looks doog….er…good…..so will you sew the red, yellow and green all at the same time? or in the ‘normal’ way of one layer at a time?
This is going to be beautiful! I love the other heart quilt too!
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