The first round for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Quilts is almost finished. I have been working on Renee’s quilt. She made this amazing center using a paper piecing pattern from Angela Walters.
This quilt when I received it made me nervous. I had no idea what I was going to do. The color palette was definitely not my usual palette and Renee’s center was so fantastic. What to do, which direction to take?? I had an idea with one of my previous designs, and decided to play around with it in Quilt Canvas (design tool).
I felt so much better once I worked out this plan, even though the color palette was still a little scary. I went to work and spent a whole day (while on vacation) starting to piece together my border (6″ across). 5 or so hours later (I need to find a quicker way to do those 1.5″ geese) I am so happy with this quilt addition so far.
I am hoping to finish the border this weekend, along with my do.good.stitches blocks. I am just so happy to be feeling well again and sewing. FYI…don’t forget if you sew with browns (this is Kona Bison) that there is a hashtag #sewingwithbrowns. Yes, Brown can be in a modern quilt!!
Linking up with Lee over @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday (see button on the right).
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Wow, that looks amazing! I think your addition compliments the center really well, I love the movement of the geese.
I love that colour combination. I think your geese border is making that centre really shine!
I can see why you felt intimidated by the center–I’ve felt that way when getting great pieces to work on next too. You sure rallied! I think your border related well and extends possibilities. So, there was a question about brown in modern quilts. Whodda thunk it. Glad I didn’t know about it. 🙂
I love how precise your design is and how perfectly it relates to the as sewn piecing!
I love brown – this looks great! The purples almost glow off of it, don’t they?
You did a great job anyway with your additions – they look lovely.
The colour mix looks fantastic and your blocks really set it off.
I rarely comment, but had to on this one. Your addition makes a stunning center go to a whole new level of amazing. Wow….. The colors are unique and a welcome break from the usual…….. Terrific job!
Love the center and can see why you would hesitate to mess with that…but you did a fantastic job highlighting that and really bringing it to another level! Its going to be gorgeous!
Edit: the center isn’t paper pieced, it is made following Angela Walter’s Impracticality method.
When I chose these colors I didn’t expect people to be so concerned about working with them! I’m glad you got past that, your border is awesome. I’m glad you’re feeling better! I love that hashtag, I will have to go check it out.
it looks great, your border is the perfect compliment to the centre.
I have a bundle of browns i am hesitant to use, this quilt is really inspiring on how vibrant the colour can be! I love the hashtag for the support group, i shall have to check it out.
That is a great addition to Renee’s center!
236. what a gorgeous colour palette – one of my favourites!
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