"Kate's Paradise Lost" (Jane Sassaman's Paradise Garden fabrics + Kona Orange)
I love Jane's fabrics, and I love what she does with them. What I do with them, not so much. I'm chalking this one up to an experiment with a few lessons learned along the way.
Initially, I was just playing with the blue blocks, then made the black ones, then wasn't sure what to do with them. They hung around for a few months until I just wanted them out of the way, so I put the top together fairly quickly. With more careful fabric positioning it would have been more successful -- fussy-cutting the black outer panels would have made it more symetrical, and kaleidescoping the inner black blocks would have unified the center. As it is, it kind of makes me dizzy with all that's going on. I redeemed it by using a piece of the blue floral fabric for the backing, which is really pretty with the Kona orange binding.
Even though I'm not 100% happy with it, it's a UFO off my guilt list, and actually a perfect "rally quilt" for an elderly friend who was knocked back a bit by an illness last fall and is suddenly feeling her 91 years. She has been a little reluctant in her efforts to bounce back, and I'm hoping this can give her a much-needed boost.
And if she's not crazy about the top, she can always turn it over.
2 comments:
I think a good percentage of people who have quilts gifted to them like the back best but learn to love the front of the quilt eventually. It just has to grow on them for awhile. This quilt IS busy but also bright and cheerful.
Kate, that quilt is stunning!
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