Yippee! I finished a quilt this week. This makes 3 so far this year, which has got to be a world record! (At least for me it is) Meet “Three Dimensions of Happiness” — my honeyman named it!
Last October, our quilt guild decided to participate in the Riley Blake challenge sponsored by The Modern Quilt Guild. We each received 6 fat-eighths of fabric. The rules are that you could make anything, but it had to be quilted, and you could add other solids and other Riley Blake fabric. I had been working on a design for a baby quilt and decide to use the fabrics from this challenge for that.
I get ideas from the strangest places — sometimes I see patterns in nature, furniture, architecture, or sometimes I dream patterns. Much to the embarrassment of my husband (hey, what are wives for?), I often stop and take pictures of carpet, fixtures, ceiling beams, silos, or whatever catches my eye. I am loving the modern technology that allows me to have a camera in my cell phone! But, because of this, I have many more ideas than I have time to make.
So one evening Iast fall, I was watching an episode of Hawaii Five-O and there was a piece of art work on the wall in one of the scenes that I loved. It was simple and modern and I thought it would make a good quilt. Once I had the center made, I thought it needed a border and dreamed that a alternating white/colored border would look good. So I just sewed some strips together, none of which were the same length, and then sewed them around without caring much where the colored pieces fell. And… I don’t love it. I think it may look better on a larger quilt, but I don’t love it here. So, I’ll likely redesign the border a bit before finalizing the pattern.
I decided to quilt it in a spiral and I LUV how it looks. But, I promise you, it is more difficult than it looks — especially in the center. In fact, it just about killed me. Well, not physically, but mentally. Once I had 4-5 rounds done, it got much easier, but the center part was hard on my home machine. And it pushed the fabric a lot since I kept sewing in the same direction. I should have either pinned it more or used a spray adhesive. Next time I’ll know and it will likely be less noticeable once I wash it and everything shrinks a little.
The binding is not part of the fabric that I got for the challenge, but it is a Riley Blake print called Shuffle.
Linking up with Finish it Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts, Link a Finish Friday at Richard and Tanya, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation.
I like he way this quilt has turned out. Great way to use these fabrics. I actually like the scrappy border. Love the quilting, too.
Wow Lynn! I really love this quilt. Well done!
Your design is awesome and the quilting is perfect for it!
I like the quilting on it.
This is SO amazing! It shows off the challenge fabrics beautifully, and the spiral quilting really sets it off.
Thank you so much for sharing at Needle and Thread Thursday!
🙂 Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
Love the pattern. I really like the effect the blocks have and the circular quilting does set it off!
I like the floating cubes and the spiral quilting! I think it would have been even more powerful without the border though.
This is such a fun quilt! I have always like tumbling blocks. The back is a cute quilt all by itself, too
Holy cow. I’m obsessed. I’m not exaggerating when I say this is my favorite I’ve seen. I love the movement from the quilting – it’s like they are being juggled. Loveeeeee.
Your quilt is fabulous!! I just love the way the cubes are floating and moving! What a cool effect!! WOW!!!!!
This turned out amazing! Love how it looks three dimensional!