To prepare for Slow Sunday Stitching tomorrow, tonight, I hand basted the wedges down to the background on my modern wedge quilt. I started this quilt at a workshop taught by Kathy Doughty from Material Obsession in Australia when she was in Ontario a couple of years ago. I have been playing around with layouts on my design wall for a few weeks now and finally settled on this layout:
I used red thread for the basting. I thought about just pinning the curved sections on but was afraid that the pieces would shift as I sewed them.
Basting on the wider wedges:
Next, I will have to figure out how to quilt this project. I am going to do it on my DSM. If you have any ideas, please let me know! The London Friendship Quilters Guild is having their quilt show this October and I want to finish off a few of my UFO's in time to put them in the show.
I will be linking up with the other slow Sunday stitchers at Kathy's blog.
Wow this is a stunning pattern! Bright and Bold...really pops!
ReplyDeleteIndeed -- bold and bright and beautiful! Great color play! :)
ReplyDeleteOh I love the bright colors! What a fun looking project!
ReplyDeleteI like the arrangement you have settled on and it's interesting to see the close up of the fabrics. This is going to be a really striking quilt.
ReplyDeleteThe low volume background is great! How big is this?
ReplyDelete36" wide by 48"
DeleteSo exciting to see your progress on this piece!
ReplyDeleteHow about machine quilting the background with either stipple or echo quilting... and then... the piece de resistance... big stitch with red thread down the middle of each wedge!
I love this! I was thinking about echoing the curves in the back ground like Kathy mentioned.
ReplyDeleteHow lucky to have a class with Kathy Doughty! Your quilt is super fun and some big stitch quilting on it could be cool, as Kathy says. Also, check out RachealDaisy--she does some interesting finishes
ReplyDeleteI like Kathy's idea. I was thinking stipple in the background to make them pop. Very bright and cheerful. Great job.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful design. I think you could make some geometric figures in the background and fill them with some stipple quilting.
ReplyDeleteNice layout and that fabric is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't take this the wrong way, but when I saw your quilt I thought of the game Candyland. I love the colorful paths on this quilt.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and nice project!
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