Remember my leader/ender pink half-square triangles?
I'm using them in a Valentine's Day lap quilt!
10 days and counting.
People have asked about my quilt making process.
I'm a "loose" quilter. I don't follow formal directions anymore. Instead I draw inspiration from the fabrics, colors, and pictures of other quilts. Then I just start cutting, sewing, and laying out.
Don't get me wrong. I do think about lights and darks. I think about design repetition. I think about balance. So I plan in that way, but I just don't seem to have patience for reading every line of complex patterns.
Here's where I'm at with my pink quilt so far:
The Chateau pattern from Timeless Treasures is my inspiration.
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I have plenty of extra pink fabrics - both lights and darks.
Isn't it interesting to see how by changing just 1 fabric in the above 2 photos it looks so different? (lower left flower fabric in top photo is replaced with a pale pink batik in the lower photo)
Which one do you like better?
We'll have to play with different combinations this Friday on Simply Colorful Fiber Cast!
8PM EST, 2/7/14
Until then, stay warm, and sew on!
Lynn
P.S. I'll post the Fiber Cast URL link on Friday morning to both www.facebook.com/SimplyColorful and on the Simply Colorful Google+ Page.
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