For my latest quilt I envisioned an interesting green background with vibrantly colored circles in the foreground. I got to work on the background with my usual technique of auditioning fabrics and designing as I went along. I chose green, because I had A LOT of green fabric. Plus, I had a theme idea that would work well with green.
It was SLOW!
I would piece a section, audition a section, and repeat.
Thankfully, my efforts paid off and I was quite happy with the way it was developing.
To add interest in the less patterned areas I added several little skinny arcs.
I used red here and there to go with the fabrics and to support the red fabrics I planned to use in the foreground.
Here it is finished and I’m very happy with it. I think it has enough pattern to be interesting, but not so much that it will compete with the foreground.
I think there’s one commercial fabric in there, but otherwise I dyed all of them. I love using my own dyed fabric!
During the time it took to piece the background I had plenty of time to think about the foreground. I knew I wanted to use red in some very curvy/circular shapes. Auditioning red fabrics was next on my list.
Ellen LIndner
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