Adrianne from On the Windy Side, and Anne from play crafts teamed up to host the 2014 Pantone Quilt Challenge: Radiant Orchid.
I'm excited to be entering Scrappy Plus in the Quilts category!!
Quilt Details
Scrappy Plus measures 52 x 68 inches, and features a mix of batiks, cotton prints and solids, and even a fabric I screen printed in a class with Rayna Gillman.
Over-sized floating plus signs on the back are a playful nod to the design on the front, and an improv pieced strip uses up leftovers and completes the back. Dark brown binding with a rich purple flange wraps things up.
Scrappy Plus
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| Close up. |
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| Scrappy Plus, blowing in the breeze. |
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| The back of Scrappy Plus - the wind has picked up! |
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See previous posts about this quilt:
Thank you
to Adrianne and Anne for this fun challenge, and thanks to the judges and
sponsors as well!
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Carole
Comments
are welcome. Thanks so much for looking around!
Hi Carol, thanks for dropping by my blog at RunningHen.blogspot.com . I know what your husband means about "taking over the world" with your quilt/art. It's all I can do to contain mine! My husband graciously agreed to let me take over the master bedroom :)
ReplyDeleteAaasss ifff he has a choice - muahahaha!
DeleteI see I'm not the only one who likes to mix and match my quilting cottons with my batiks! They work so well together, so congrats on this finish. Oh, and I agree with both you and Julie (comment above) about taking over the kitchen, then bedroom, then house, then the world with our art! Haha Let it multiply!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Is mixing the two against the rules? - bahahaha...rules! YES, let's take over the wORLd! (Are you familiar with Pinky and the Brain?) I'm feeling particularly sparkly today thanks to your visit MS! Love your energy. :)
DeleteMy first thought when I saw your beautiful quilt was..yummy! I love the rich colors.
ReplyDeleteThank you! This colour combination is a favourite of mine.
DeleteThe quilt is beautifully done but the quilting really brings it all together.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jo. I so love the texture of quilting, and am happy it shows up in the photos. :)
DeleteWhat a fantastic mix of colours - it has a real autumn feel to me! The texture of the quilting is just to die for.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think of this as my gypsy quilt....earthy and rich, but with a touch of excitement and special magic. Thanks again for offering such a fun challenge, Adrianne!
DeleteWhat a beautiful mixture of colors! I'm with Adrianne, it has a real autumnal feel to it. :) I love the layout of the back, the different scales of the plus blocks adds a lot of interest!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I also love the back. Even though I was impatient while piecing it, I'm glad I needed to be creative to make the fabric "stretch". Thank you, too, for the fun challenge, Anne!
DeleteI must have missed this beautiful quilt post in March! Plus quilt is also on my to-do list and yours certainly pushes it up on it. Beautiful, beautiful!
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