Here are blocks for the challenge quilt, thus far. I redesigned the quilt in my head Sunday evening while we were at Christ Community Church to see "King of Kings."
Meanwhile, I have come down with a cold that is keeping me at home for two days. (How nice of my DH to share it with me!) In between working on library business at home, and napping, I finished this scrappy top. It began as leaders-and-enders, using 2.5" squares. I often get impatient when making L-and-E projects. I just go ahead and crank out quantities of the units and assemble them. This is about 74" x 86".
When I ran out of the speckledy sashing fabric I substituted a similar slate blue (the vertical strip). (I got these circa-1990-slate blues from an estate purchase. I swear they haven't been in may stash that long.) The border is one of those "I can't bear to cut this up" fabrics that I have had for, oh, five or six years. (I still have a yard of it, so I don't feel totally bereft. )
Years ago I read an article by a famous quiltmaker who said she tried to use a bit of orange in each of her quilts to add sparkle. I don't remember who that was or where I read it, but that's why I often have an orange (or somewhat orange) inner border.
That is a really cute border fabric!
ReplyDeleteYou are really good with color, Nann; I like the liberated look of the two sashing fabrics.
ReplyDeleteKathleen C. in CT (from LibQuilters)
Nice quilts! Possibly it was Bonnie Hunter who made the statement about orange.
ReplyDeleteSometimes when I make scrappy quilts I am at a lost on how to border them. I was impressed with your use of two colors in the border for the sashing and inside border. It really pulled it all together!
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Jean Snyder
P.S. Orange is my new neutral.
Another great L/E project. The orange is a wonderful contrast to the blue/gray.
ReplyDeleteBarb in MI/FL
Lovely quilt, I don'r pay attention to what colors are in or out of date...I love the slate blue and dusty rose...see it in nature all the time.
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