To Start: Some Fabulous Fabrics

I’m working on a new project, inspired by some great new fabrics. The bulk of these were painted by Pat Pauly. I purchased them to use together and they make my mouth water!

In the photo above I’ve folded each one to reveal the parts I intend to work with. I think a good dose of black will also be needed.

And maybe some other fabrics.  Yellow-green, orange-red, blue-green?

Uh, no.

The hand drawn lines in the pink and white fabric got me thinking about lines so I spent some time doodling.  One of my sketches resulted in a very irregular diagonal line.  I thought that would be a good starting point for what would basically be a two-color quilt.  I cut out my favorite parts and began to place things on the design wall.

Because the pink fabric is painted in broad chunky shapes, I thought I could use a chunky composition elsewhere. Eventually, I got this:

My scraps  yielded a few of the painted circles, so I added them back in judiciously.

I was pretty happy with this.  Still, I knew I needed to add some black.  Just how should I do that without competing with the wonderful black lines already there?  A quandary. (Hopefully, I’ll have a solution for the next post.)

Ellen Lindner