Palm Frond Quilt Coming Together

Gee, this quilt has been fun to make!

Using My Hand Dyed Fabrics. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

After completing the foreground, it was time to address the background – again, with many hand dyed fabrics. First, I auditioned possible fabrics.  I really wanted to use the darkest one, but I was worried that it would created too much contrast.

Palm Frond Quilt Coming Together. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Still, I kept it in initially. As you can see, I’m tearing fabrics and laying them in horizontally.

Palm Frond Quilt Coming Together. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

This is what it looked like when the background was complete.  I did eventually move the darkest piece.  Also, I made the blue with crosses pieces (on the left) smaller after taking this picture.  Like the dark fabric, it provided just a little too much contrast.

Palm Frond Quilt Coming Together. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

After composing and pinning the design, I glue it fairly thoroughly before taking it to the machine.  That’s in progress below.

Palm Frond Quilt Coming Together. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Next comes quilting and I’ll get to use my new sewing machine!

Ellen Lindner

2 Responses to Palm Frond Quilt Coming Together

  1. LynneP October 1, 2018 at 3:09 pm #

    This is looking wonderful and I look forward to seeing the progress you make.

    • Ellen Lindner October 1, 2018 at 4:26 pm #

      Thanks, Lynne. As you can see, I’m having lots of fun!

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