Well, here it is. I was going for Frank Stella (really - I know no one believes that, but that was my original objective) but I ended up with Vincent Van Gogh. Garish, bizarre, but very good contrast. My biggest mistake, I think, was not using a deep (instead of a light) purple against the center squares. I think that would have unified the purple a little better, and gave me a better line, or block of color. I love the way a log cabin moves the eye around. It's almost a road map. I wanted to see if I could control what road my eye would travel around the quilt. I think as an artist, you just see your mistakes and the parts you want to improve. There were alot of mistakes, most notably it's wonky on the right side. I wasn't set up for using a darning foot and so I just quilted a zig zag pattern.
The challenge was to use small scraps, and to push the limits of the log cabin design. I think I have alot more to learn here. I am 1/2 way through a pink and yellow log cabin. The trick is to have alot of diversity among your fabrics and I don't really have that with the yellow but yellow takes over, so maybe it doesn't matter. We shall see. Attached is my tower of pink and yellow log cabin blocks. It takes me 3 1/2 hours to finish a side. I have about 250 blocks.
Covered in snow down here I am hoping to shovel my way to the post office. Will return to the IC2.
Wait! You didn't tell the name of this quilt. If I remember correctly, it had a cool name. Although I can't remember what the name was. I am always amazed and the time and hard work and craftsmanship that goes into quilts. And I like your road map comparison.
ReplyDeleteI called it "Druids and Drinkers". Yes Cool Name. I was reminded of that today when I had to try to come up with a good name for this year's quilt. Not so cool this year. I will post it (if/after) it gets accepted. I used alot of metallic thread and I think it was worth it! Stay tuned!
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