After doing LOTS of trial and error on my current quilt, I finally decided to cut it into pieces and to reassemble it. My goal was to add some skinny or small pieces of black, to move the black around the piece more, and to add interest to the composition.
Of course, I could cut the piece into equal panels, but I decided to audition more radical solutions first. (As you may have guessed, my experimentation was done on the computer.)
What if I cut it into curved shapes and then rejoined them?
And added black between the pieces.
Interesting, but sorta…hmm, awkward.
What if I cut it into angled shapes and reassembled them?
This time (above) I also rotated some of the pieces 180 degrees and I rearranged the position of the panels. That added a lot of energy, I thought.
Next, I added black between.
I was pretty happy with this. But, it was time to also consider more predictable arrangements. Here, I’ve “cut” my composition into 4 panels.It looked a little boring after some of the earlier arrangements. What if I flipped some of the panels?
Ah, yes. This has much more energy. Should I move the panels around? And maybe scoot things out of alignment a bit?
That’s pretty cool. But, I eventually decided the irregular shape didn’t really add to the composition.
So, here it is: my final plan.
I’m kinda in love with it. To me, it has the right amount of energy and the black lines help pull it all together. Time to quilt!
Oh yeah, have you got any ideas about a title for this piece? I’d love to hear your suggestions.
Ellen Lindner
P.S. THANKS to so many readers who offered their thoughts and suggestions on my earlier post. I had more comments than almost any other post. I hope you’ll also chime in on this one!