As I worked on my two-colored “beet” quilt, it became obvious that composition was going to be SUPER important in creating a successful piece.
Because the yellow showed up so sharply against the reds and purples I knew the yellow circles would form the focal point of the piece and they’d need to be arranged just so. With that in mind, I arranged them first, even before all the background decisions had been made.
In the shot above, I’ve used a variety of commercial fabrics as place holders for the background (hand-dyed) fabrics I actually plan to use. It was just easier to compose against these dark colors than the white of my design wall.
Then I began to replace the initial background fabrics with my hand dyed ones. Still with just a bare bones composition.
In the shot below, I’ve settled upon the new background fabrics and they’re mostly sewn together.
Time to add some low-contrast beet-colored circles to the background. I knew they’d add interest, and they did.
But, I began to think the space just wasn’t filled enough. Did I need more circles? Or more YELLOW circles – for contrast? I played with this idea on my computer.
Hmm, that certainly filled the space more. Time to consider.
Either way, I’ll add some more low contract background circles.
Ellen Lindner
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