Reworking Those Twigs

After considering radical changes to my quilt in-progress, I was excited to implement new ideas!

This was my initial trial and error placement. The twigs were part of the original version, along with the rust fabrics, but all the blue and black was new. I liked the arrangement and it changed very little.

But, it needed some high contrast, right? Maybe against that dark blue. Light twigs, maybe? I auditioned the idea by placing some little snips of fabric.

Yep, I liked it, so I PAINTED on two twigs. (Kinda scary, but I had tested my idea, so I felt pretty confident.) That really drew the eyed and I was very happy with it.

(I intended to use fabric paint, but it was all dried up. Therefore, I used regular craft acrylic paint. We’ll see how it holds up.)

I wanted the light areas to sort of creep across the piece, in a loose diagonal. Maybe I needed more light twigs to accomplish that? Again, I auditioned the idea with some little scraps. And maybe it was time to thoroughly examine proportions too. Should the black on the left be smaller?

Yes! Changes in both areas and I think they helped quite considerably. At this point I had also done most of the piecing.

Piecing complete, below. Considering the addition of some teal circles. I like repeating both the color and the shape.

I’m starting to get really  happy with this piece. I’m SO glad I reworked it!

Any ideas for a name?

Ellen Lindner