My idea for this quilt was to more or less mimic the background of Palm Fronds.
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I cut strips of white-with-black fabrics and began laying them in a horizontal arrangement.
As you can see, I also began to play with the idea of adding contrasting strips between some of the leaves. White strips added the definition needed, but they weren’t too exciting.
Back to the background.
I was happy with the background, but thought that it, too, might need some more definition between sections. Should I define the background sections with more skinny strips? To be determined.
Meanwhile, I tried black strips for contrast. I liked this much better.
At one point, I used the computer to loosely audition a black strip between every leaf. And also grey stripes in the background sections.
Hmm, I think the black strips are taking over. But, the grey has potential. More experimenting required.
Ellen Lindner
