Gee, this quilt has been fun to make!
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.
Still, I kept it in initially. As you can see, I’m tearing fabrics and laying them in horizontally.
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.
After composing and pinning the design, I glue it fairly thoroughly before taking it to the machine. That’s in progress below.
Next comes quilting and I’ll get to use my new sewing machine!
Ellen Lindner
This is looking wonderful and I look forward to seeing the progress you make.
Thanks, Lynne. As you can see, I’m having lots of fun!