Sunday sketch #492
A few weeks ago, I shared a block-based design featuring alternating blocks that used straight lines and curves in complementary ways. I’m revisiting that concept this week, using some chunky shapes from a while back.
Finished quilt: Fizz
A while back, Tara Glastonbury of Stitch & Yarn invited me to contribute Moonshot to her next quilt exhibition, called ‘Ahead of the Curve’. I’m always thrilled to be invited to participate in any of Tara’s exhibitions, so of course I said yes! Then more recently, she asked if I had any other curvy quilts she could add to the mix. Hmm… not really. (The few curvy quilts I had weren’t really suitable.) I did have a few designs up my sleeve though. This was mid-October. Could I finish a quilt in time for posting to the exhibition venue by mid-November? Well, nothing gets me moving like an external deadline! 🙂 Here’s Fizz.
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Sunday sketch #491
I made a quilt recently (which I’ll share in a few weeks’ time) that used loads of wide curves – the same size/shape that I used in my quilts Blue Wave, Whirlwind and Quattro. Basically a 7″ (finished) drunkard’s path unit with a 3.5″ (finished) drunkard’s path cut out of it. A bit like a macaroni! It’s such a great shape, and so easy to piece thanks to drunkard’s path templates from Papper, Sax, Sten.
