When I was picking these fabrics out I had a Bento Box pattern in mind for them, but on the walk home I changed my mind. I loathe triangles, but have always wanted to do a zig-zag quilt -- Amanda Jean's tutorial solved the problem. True to my compulsion to tweak and shrink almost every pattern I use, I only used six stripe colors (instead of nine), so it's smaller than hers.
Before binding
This color combination took me WAY out of my Comfort Zone -- I used Kona Ash for my background, which instantly had a calming effect on all the prints; even that purple polka dot seems less lively. Usually my quilts are bright enough to keep most children awake, but I can see this one as a great napping blankie.
Archie models the binding and backing
Though the binding (Kona Coal) framed it very well and the backing (Dotty) brightened it up a bit, I'm still kind of on the fence with this one. I loved these prints in combination, but so much gray kind of sucked the life out of them a bit too much for my taste.
I have enough prints left over, I think, to do another one of these. Maybe I'll see how they look with white?
6 comments:
It's a very "cool" quilt with the gray - I like it, and agree with you that it would be a good nap quilt. And white would be interesting - but what about the gold of Archie's coat? (Can you tell I like vivid combinations too??) BTW I'm only going by what shows up on my computer screen, and it's entirely possible that if I got your fabrics on my dining room table with that gold, I might say, "What WERE you thinking???" ;-)
This is an absolutely gorgeous quilt! I love the zig zag effect and your quilting lines look perfect- the way they echo the zigs and zags works beautifully. Could you please say more about how you did the quilting? Did you mark the lines on the top? Or follow seams? Thanks for sharing this.
I like the calmness of it. I love your phrase "bright enough to keep most children awake", and can relate to that. I love making colorful quilts, but have also happened to make some in much softer colors. It's important to go out of one's comfort zone once in a while and explore. At least, that's how I think I've learned what I like and what I don't like - and expanded my comfort zone...
; )
It's pretty. What about a pale aqua rataher than white? You would still get the calmness, without the stark contrast. :)
I agree with you--the gray worked well with the bright polka dot, so it would be perfect to calm bright colors, but it doesn't seem to complement the pastels. THEY might look better with white.
I think the ash works great with your colors, except for the green in the middle. This is a very soothing quilt, and I like it. But I also like shequilts' idea of the pale aqua.
Archie looks very handsome...and quite comfy!
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