Monday, March 22, 2010

Decisions Made

I have heard the expression "listening to the quilt" and now know what that means.

In choosing the background fabric for my Peace quilt, I went in a totally different direction.


I took about ten of my pinwheels with me to the Sewing Studio and tried different batiks.  My original thought was a lighter background, but the pinwheels seemed to disappear.  When I put them against this dark purple batik, the pinwheels seemed to pop.  The tie dye fabric you see is for the backing, and that other purple is for the binding.  I felt better about the decision by having others in the LQS agree.  


I laid out the pinwheel blocks once again to determine placement.  It looks much bigger in person than it does on a piece of graph paper!


I labeled the 59 pinwheel blocks with a Column letter and Row number consistent with the graph paper drawing.  I am so glad I did as I worked on this with our quilt guild's Sew Day.   By the time I packed everything up and unloaded it, I would not have had a clue which block went where if they had not been labeled.  Even then, the math was a @*$^#!


I started with the center column and worked my way out.  Above are Columns #5-10 out of 15 total columns and 15 rows.


Here is a picture taken at our Sew Day when five columns had been completed.  You can almost see the beginnings of a peace sign taking shape!

After hearing several of you refer to my Peace quilt as groovy, I have decided to change the name to Feeling Groovy.

How did you celebrate National Quilt Day?  Tomorrow, I will share pictures from our guild's celebration of this all important holiday!

Have an amazing day!!

10 comments:

  1. It's going to be gorgeous, Rene', and the purple is perfect!!

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  2. Wow, I'm really liking this, and I wasn't really expecting to! When I first saw that purple I thought "I don't think so", but I"m wrong, it works! This quilt is going to be amazing!! And the backing could not be more perfect.

    It is bigger than I expected too, but a good size just the same!!

    What a fun project this has turned out to be!

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  3. Oh goodness! That is really looking pretty. The deep purple works beautifully to showcase the pinwheels. The tie dye for the back is going to be perfect for a feeling groovy kind of quilt :)

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  4. Hey Rene' Your background choice looks fabulous! Welcome to the world of darks! I can't wait to see the finished quilt. Happy sewing!

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  5. wow! This is going to be spectacular!!

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  6. It looks great rene'!! Your feelin' it I can tell! Don't you love that when it all falls into place? Love the purple!

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  7. Oh that is going to look AMAZING! I love the purple, very groovy ;)

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  8. Going to be spectacular, I can't wait to see how it turns out. Thank You for sharing your talent with us.
    Renee

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  9. I really like the purple - it makes the colors POP! and some girl is gonna have to have it for her room! will be very popular at the auction! - Hope

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  10. The purple is perfect! Pinwheels are too much fun!

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