Completing the Composition

After playing around with my dyed fabrics and potential compositions I felt more confident in moving forward. I decided the fabric pieces needed to be something other than parallel.  Maybe tilted like this.

My first (Round B) arrangement.

I liked the tilting, but once again, I had the same problem: this piece was too busy.  I had to reluctantly admit that my favorite (central) fabric was causing the problem.  I confirmed this diagnosis by pinning some solid fabrics over the busiest patterns. Sure enough, this was a definite improvement.

Soon, I had the bottom portion cut and pinned in place.

I added white fabrics (again, dyed by me.) I was very happy with it at this point, except I noticed that the pattern was mostly on the right.  I wondered if some pattern needed to be added to the left.

Eventually, I decided to add more black gridded areas.  And I did so by couching black thread. I think it was effective.

On to quilting.  Stay tuned for a photo of the finished quilt.

Ellen Lindner