Dark Circles – a quilt finish

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I loved my “Phased Circles” quilt that I finished in 2014. I wanted to see if I can use the underlying blocks in another design. Could I make another design but make it different enough??

I came up with this monochromatic design which is one of my favorites. I love the the graduation of black to dark grey to light grey, the use of prints and solids and finally the mix of low volumes. The circles are much larger than the phased circles design, and a little simpler but a little more complexity and non-symmetrical with the outer blocks/areas.

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I was lucky in two ways with this quilt. One, the US post office didn’t loose my quilt (it was sent twice, returned once) and two, lucky enough that Love Patchwork and Quilting loved it too. It is one of the projects featured in this month’s issue (issue 31) . Can you believe this? ….. all of the fabrics in this quilt came from my existing stash.

Photo Credit: Love Patchwork & Quilting

The binding is one of my favorite things about the quilt. I kept it solid “blocked” on the right side and then used Carolyn Friedlander’s Doe Sharp and a splash of Alison Glass’ Grove in Neon (Handcrafted).

The quilting for the circles were 1/2″ vertical lines while the rest of the quilt is quilted using 1″ horizontal lines.

Photo Credit: Love Patchwork & Quilting

I hope you check it out in the new issue.This makes my second finish for the year.

Details

Name: Lunar Lines (aka Dark Circles)
Design: Designed by me, Pattern in Issue 31 – Love Patchwork Quilting.
Fabric: Kona Cottons + Various black, dark and light grey prints
Dimensions: 60″ x 62″
Quilted: Straight Line quilting, Aurifil 50wt.

Linking up with Amanda Jean over @ Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday.

QDAD: Getting back into practicing

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It has been a while since I spent time designing, so this month I decided to get back into it. Its been a little mixed to start which is normal – there are always designs I like and ones that I file away :-). Without giving it a go though, you never find the design you want to actually make.

January 15

This design was influenced by the placement and direction I saw in the negative space of this photo. I used triangles as I find them best to represent movement.

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January 17

I loved the idea of representing the shutters in my design with the little roofs. As I was developing the shutters I liked the dark line of the hinges which I also incorporated.

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I decided that my final design need to be a more dense representation of the shutters. So this landed up being my final design.
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January 18

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I loved the colors in this palette and wanted to somehow represent the flowers without them being to definitive, slightly abstract. There are a couple of placement things I will change if I make this.

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January 19

I took this photo on a trip to Florence a while back. Florence was not my favorite Italian city but this bridge was amazing.

The inspiration for this design is the roofs and the bridge form of Florence Ponte Vecchio.

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January 21

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I loved the white concrete brick placement around the windows in the middle building. I used that placement to make this ombre dot design.

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21 January

I loved the stripey towel and the vertical lines of the deck. I used these lines in my design.

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January 22

I wanted to play with prints using this palette. I have this idea for a design using the Speed bumps road markings. Lets see how this develops as I have another palette in mind as well.

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January 23

I love this palette, as it would be great for transparency design. I wanted though something very minimalist being inspired by a book I am reading on Ralph Hotere (NZ artist).

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Thanks for stopping by. You can check out my other designs on my QDAD page. If you want to join in check out our closed group on facebook (click join).

Please Note: If you would like to make or use one of my designs, please email me (ml_wilkie(at)hotmail(dot)com) or leave a comment below. I am happy to talk with you on options and provide the relevant measurements etc. or have you test out a pattern. Also, if you use one of my designs, please use the following text to credit me the design: “Designed by Michelle Wilkie @ Factotum of Arts”.

Bright Prints | a color study

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Last year, I did a design that I thought would be perfect to play with prints. I like using solids and prints, but what I wanted to do is step outside my comfort zone and use a variety bright and loud prints. I was inspired by designers like Anna Maria Horner, Alison Glass, Tula Pink and Amy Butler, as their prints are so amazing.
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I chose Alison Glass prints from Field Day, Ex Libris, Clover Sunshine and Lucky Penny to play with.

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[Photo Credit: Love Patchwork & Quilting]

I love how it turned out. I stressed the whole time while this was in the making. I had to change my inner background fabrics as the print I wanted to use was out of print (OOP) and I could not find it anywhere. The Ex Libris prints I did go with were much “noisier” than I was wanting. I was not sure until it was finished that it was what I wanted.

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The back was made from left over straps from the front of the quilt. ColorStudy_back

You too can make this pattern, if you like it. This project was ultimately done for Love Patchwork and Quilting. It is in this month’s magazine (Issue 30) and it actually made the cover. So, I am ecstatic that they loved it as much as I did.

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[Photo Credit: Love Patchwork & Quilting]