Monday, July 5, 2010

3 Squares

At the moment I am working on a few new projects. I don't know what it is, but I seem to start a project, then lose interest while it's still in progress. I'm having to force myself to carry through...
Anyway, this one is called 3 Squares, and it's inspired by a Keiko Goke fabric I bought at Melbourne Quilt Market last year. I bought 3 different colourways of this amazing fabric, knowing there was a ready made quilt in there somewhere.
The fabric print features two different sized squares, 1 inch and 2 inch, and a rectangle combining the two measurements, 1 inch x 2 inch, printed in three distinct sections across the width of fabric. You can see it here, with its crayon -like colouring effect. I love the textural look and the subtle colour combination.

So, I sketched up a rough quilt plan combining the three different shapes. Then I chose some fabrics that toned with the colours in the 3 Squares fabric.
I divided the 3 Square fabric and cut it into its three distinct sections
I made a centre panel of 100 2 inch squares as the smallest size square. These squares included the 1 inch part of the original fabric.

Then I cut some squares twice that size, finished 4 inches, to make a border around the 100 square panel. The fabric print 2 inch squares were used here, and the blend in size with the 2 inch mosaic of the centre squares so they seem to extend outwards.
Originally I planned a third border of 4 inch x 8 inch rectangles to extend and finish the quilt, But I changed my mind on this because when I put it up on the wall I realized it didn't reflect the original fabric correctly. So I altered the original plan and made a wider 4 inch square border, and I'm now finishing with a 2 inch x 4 inch rectangle border... which I'm still working on.
I'll put the next steps up soon.
Enjoy the process,
xo xo Ann.

3 comments:

  1. Maybe you are like me Ann and need a deadline to get your projects finished. I am highly motivated when the idea is still in my mind and I am not sure how it is going to work and when it does and just time is needed to finish the quilt I start on another new idea.

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  2. Thanks for the design explanation...I like how that middle is working out.

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  3. I have had problems publishing comments to posts, so I've copied and pasted this one:
    Frances Leate has left a new comment on your post "3 Squares":

    Maybe you are like me Ann and need a deadline to get your projects finished. I am highly motivated when the idea is still in my mind and I am not sure how it is going to work and when it does and just time is needed to finish the quilt I start on another new idea.

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