The upside of participating in a quilt challenge is pushing oneself to design and implement an original creation. That's certainly not my strong suit! But I keep banging my head against a brick wall... Err. Trying.
Then, we were to look at pages 48 through 52, and choose a page from which to take inspiration to make a quilt. Our quilt design concept could be gleaned from any of the page's elements - colors, shapes, and such - and the quilt could be made any size we wished.
This L'Oreal ad for Wrinkle Expert cream on page 49 spoke to me. I mean, the topic was wrinkles for goodness sake! The second was the colors - royal blue, fuchsia and purple. I also liked how the curved colors darkened and lightened.
My last bit of inspiration was from the Wayward Transparency Quilt made by Yvonne Fuchs (QuiltingJetGirl). I've been long-enchanted with transparency quilts, and at the time I started this challenge I was choosing fabrics for Yvonne's Wayward Transparency Quilt Along. I applied Yvonne's color/value lesson to choosing values for my challenge quilt.
I made the curved pieces using the Quick Curve Ruler, and was happily surprised that the design went together rather quickly. Guess that's what comes of creating minimalistic. Here's a black and white photo of the quilt so you can see the values.
I positioned the colors to match the ad.
As I've said, my skill is not in designing, and I continued to question my choices. I decided to email the above picture to a long-distance friend (I've never met her in person) who I implicitly trust when it comes to anything quilting related. After all, she's a past QuiltCon award winner, among other talents! Paige (QuiltedBlooms) replied with several helpful suggestions.
Mentioning that artists give weight to color, she suggested I rotate the quilt 180-degrees to position the darkest values at the bottom. Then, she drew on the picture I'd sent and returned it drawn with simple quilting lines. I modified it only slightly.
Mentioning that artists give weight to color, she suggested I rotate the quilt 180-degrees to position the darkest values at the bottom. Then, she drew on the picture I'd sent and returned it drawn with simple quilting lines. I modified it only slightly.
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Wrinkles Fade Away |
Paige also suggested the name that I immediately latched onto. Thank you for all your help, Paige!
Batting is Quilter's Dream Wool which I love for the dimension it gives to quilting which is entirely walking foot quilting done on my Bernina.
Batting is Quilter's Dream Wool which I love for the dimension it gives to quilting which is entirely walking foot quilting done on my Bernina.
Whatever colors of thread I had on hand that came close to each color and value - Aurifil, Mettler and Prescencia - were used for quilting.
Binding is pieced to match the color changes that happen on the quilt front. I used my No Tails Binding method, of course!
"Wrinkles Fade Away"
Finished October 2017
30-1/2" wide X 39-1/2"
Fabrics: mostly Painter's Palette solids, and some Kona solid
Batting: Quilter's Dream Wool
Threads: Aurifil, Mettler and Prescencia.
16 comments:
Well done, to all! What a difference simply rotating the quilt made. And the walking foot quilting is impressive. Your quilt has lots of movement.
What an inspiration you are Linda! Your quilt is fabulous! I love the subtle color change and the quilting! Who said you can design quilts?!
What a great idea for a challenge! You interpreted your quilt very well!
I love your design! That Paige is something else - so talented. Lucky me! She's in my MQG - in fact we sewed together today!
Wowie, this is soooo cool and really good.
This was quite a challenge
Many congratulations!!!
Fabulous!! I think your designer skills are really good. Your quilting on your challenge piece is amazing. Is the 1st place winner on YOUR Left?
This is really awesome! I have never heard of a challenge like yours - very interesting! And what a clever and beautiful design you created. I think it's very cool! Oh and I love the quilting!
LINDA, you did an incredible job! I just love it!
Linda, it's fantastic! Congratulations on 2nd place! It's always fun to see suggestions work out! I was so honored you asked my opinion, because you're a rock star in my book! I'll have to remember that challenge idea for the future.
Oh my goodness Linda - this could not have been more fun to read about!! You did great! Who thought up the guidelines for this challenge? I love it!!
Beautiful! The quilting is very serene, like gentle waves with a gorgeous sunset in the background. The Orlando MQG sure knows how to rise to a challenge!
I think you sell yourself short! I think the design is stunning! Congratulations on 2nd place......I'd have voted on yours for 1st!
I really like how this turned out and I agree with everyone that says you don't have an eye for design. You most certainly do!
Well done my friend. We are finishing a guild challenge Monday night so we’ll see if I won a prize. Great job!
I tried to post on this while waiting in the Seoul Airport to come home, but it didn't go through, so I'm doing it again in order to tell you I think you did an amazing job, both in the execution of it, as well as the quilting. What a treasure (and I would have voted for it to be #1)!
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