I haven't decided on colour or fabrics yet, just playing around with different brights - I love the way using two extreme values on each segment gives such a 3-D feel.
So, partner - am I anywhere close?
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Brit Quilt Swap
A few weeks ago, Lynne from Lily's Quilts whose day is longer than 24hrs, started a group for British Quilters over on flickr. We exchange pics, discuss stuff and generally get to know each other a bit...............being involved in this led me to start my Mystery Quilt which is keeping me on my toes whilst I have no "real" classes...............then Lynne came up with the Brit Quilt Swap! We have been spending time making mosaics to sort of show our dislikes and our preferences....and then last weekend we were allocated our secret swap partner. We have to keep it a secret and try to find out what they might like from their flickR photostream and their blogs...........I haven't got a huge amount of info from my stalking but think my partner likes stars.........so I couldn't stop thinking about Mariner's Compass - not a star as such but some years ago I did a workshop and made a wallhanging with a compass and flying geese which I quite like and I rather fancied pushing myself a wee bit and drafting my own. My first thought was to make it asymmetrical but then I literally had a mini eureka moment and sketched out this -
I like the idea of the compass within the compass, so then went to my EQ6 programme and made these -
I haven't decided on colour or fabrics yet, just playing around with different brights - I love the way using two extreme values on each segment gives such a 3-D feel.
So, partner - am I anywhere close?
I haven't decided on colour or fabrics yet, just playing around with different brights - I love the way using two extreme values on each segment gives such a 3-D feel.
So, partner - am I anywhere close?
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So clever - that's why you are 'advanced' and I am a 'beginner'!
ReplyDeleteThey look great - especially the one with green - it's really pops !
ReplyDeleteAll I can say, Sheila, is IF I was your swap partner, which I'm not, I would love your Mariner's Compass within Compass no matter if stars were my favorite or not! They're beautiful! I agree with Suzan & love the green one the most!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! I love your idea and design. Can't wait to see it made.
ReplyDeleteI've already told you it's perfect, you don't need to keep asking :-)
ReplyDeleteMy mind boggles at piecing that! Wonderful design and can't wait to follow it's progress.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I so wish I lived across the ocean...
ReplyDeleteI love this. The vision it took to design.
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