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| What Was I Thinking? 37" x 37" |
This is my completed piece for
Karen Musgrave's challenge with a pink/brown 50s fabric, using techniques from
Rayna Gillman's new book
Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts: A Stress-Free Journey to Original Design. I must admit that the random piecing, slashing, rejoining of units is far from my normal method of working, but I thought the challenge would be fun, so I participated. It's sometimes healthy to get out of one's comfort zone and see what happens.
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| Bigboy approves |
For a sense of organization, I made two types of strip sets--pink with vertical slashes, and yellow ones. The yellow ones are somewhat joined on the diagonal. The pink/brown challenge fabric was only used as vertical strips, randomly placed about the piece.
I'm impressed! I hope it was fun and I definitely agree that it is good to put stretch marks on our comfort zone. Thanks so much for participating! Hugs, Karen
ReplyDeleteHi Martha in Hattiesburg..Love how your Rayna's/ Karen's challenge came out.love the color blends and the diagonal surprises..
ReplyDeleteI also looked at your other blogs, and love the pencil work on the leaves,, so perfect.. Need to keep that in mind for some work I am doing. I tend to just think fabric, even though I am/was a water colorist.
This challenge of Karen's was great fun and the fabric looks wonderful on your piece, you worked it right in.. Love Rayna's book.
These look great Martha. I have Rayna's book and love it, but have yet to try her method.
ReplyDeleteLove what you did, Martha. I still haven't gotten my act together with this fabric.
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