You never know when inspiration will strike. The family and I were on vacation at Lake Powell (AZ) and the carpet of the hotel caught my eye. I immediately had an idea for making this into a quilt. I just was not sure how.
I subscribed to three magazines, Selvedge (textile based magazine), Quiltfolk (quilting community and connection) and Uppercase Magazine (arts and crafts). I love Selvedge as it has amazing color palettes, and this issue (in photo) inspired the palette of peach, bronze, blue and greys.
When revisiting the carpet inspiration, I thought they looked like broken Half-Square Triangles (HST). Experimentation with a column of HSTs and cutting them into threes of different widths was where I started. I shuffled the thirds, varying the placement and added filler strips to give this broken look.
I was really pleased how it turned out and liked how the bits of color in the filler blocks could lend itself to a shift/transition between colors, especially thinking from light to dark. I decided to take advantage of the transition affect in the mini quilt, adding movement in the quilt.
This finished mini was perfect for a gift/swap for a friend, and its so good to know that it has a good home.
Details
Name : Spliced
Design: Original Design,
Fabric: Painters Palette Solids, Paint Brush Studio’s
Binding: Painters Palette Solids, Paint Brush Studio’s
Backing: Gleaned, Carolyn Friedlander
Dimensions: 22 x 18 in.
Quilted: With 50wt Aurifil , using domestic machine walking foot, straight lines on the 45 degree diagonal with opposing overlapping lines in the center (1/2″ apart).
Factotum of Arts 
This is so cool! I can totally see the inspiration carpeting in your piece. It’s very modern looking and lovely. ~smile~ Roseanne
Thank you Roseanne!!! It was fun to gift it to a friend and know it’s in a good home
Oh, I love it! And those colors are terrific. Thanks for a kick in the seat of my pants to break away from all things turquoise 🙂
Thanks. I really enjoyed this palette too, definitely not my usual.
Love this quilt. It is interesting to hear how the design evolved during the construction process.
Thanks Patty. It was a fun project.
Love your process and seeing how the everyday becomes inspiration – this is terrific!
Also – those little triangle-shaped scissors?!?! Unusual and cool – are they comfortable to use? Must be or you wouldn’t, ‘eh?!
I actually don’t use the scissors often, I really bought them for photos. They cut well and don’t feel bad though.
I love the angles!
Thank you.
Clever that you accomplished the design by the slice and insert method. What about those cool scissors?
Thanks Paige. The scissors are from Present and Correct. I love the look of the scissors too. They have other shapes.