Quilt Design: Playing with Those Fabrics

Earlier I showed you the fabrics I dyed in anticipation of making a beet colored quilt. Next, it was time to start the quilt design. I knew I wanted the berry-colored fabrics to be the stars, with the yellows as accents. My first thought was to piece little sharp bits of yellow, but I wasn’t sure that played well with the idea of curvy beets. So, I decided to play with wonky, improvisational circles.

Maybe something like this.

I liked it!

I’ve been traveling and I took my fabrics with me. I made a few more units while away and tried them all laid on my hotel bed.

Definite potential for a quilt design!

And then, I played some more on the flight home. It’s amazing how sharp those little kiddie scissors are.

My plan is to make a lot more units and then to start arranging them on my design wall. Stay tuned!

Ellen Lindner
P.S. I’m just gluing these circles together. Fast and easy!