Turning Leftovers Into a Meal

After making Potager Garden, I had quite a few scraps left over, so I decided to use them to make a small quilt. This is what I had to work with.

Turning Leftovers Into a Meal. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I began to move them around to see how they might fit together. I didn’t like this first version, though. I thought it needed more yellow, if I could find some in my stash.

Turning Leftovers Into a Meal. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Plus, the colors in the first version (above) were pretty evenly scattered about. That works for wallpaper, but not always for art. I remembered what I had recently learned about massing a color and switched things to this.

Turning Leftovers Into a Meal. AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Much better! And I didn’t change it much after that.

This is the finished quilt, I Hope You Like Peppers.

I Hope You Like Peppers, an art quilt by Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com

Here’s a detail shot.

I Hope You Like Peppers - detail, an art quilt by Ellen Lindner. AdventureQuilter.com

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2 Responses to Turning Leftovers Into a Meal

  1. Mary Stori July 10, 2022 at 8:54 am #

    Well done!

    • Ellen Lindner July 27, 2022 at 7:21 pm #

      Thanks, Mary. I’ve been trying to avoid “wallpaper” compositions lately, and to mass color for emphasis. It seems to work well.

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