I got sidetracked this week with my Carnival blocks. There is no rhyme or reason to what I will work on when I have a block of time for quilting. I should be machine quilting this quilt since I wanted it to be finished for the first UFO meeting in September, but it's still too hot to work under a quilt most of the time. Or I could finish piecing the myriad of UFO's I have in various states of unfinishedness. But nope!
The Carnival project was calling to me and I put up the pieces on the design wall thinking that when I got the pieces up there I would spend a lot of time rearranging them until I was happy with the layout.
But I got into some kind of weird piecing trance, listening to my "Wicked" soundtrack (my favorite song is "For Good") and I started sewing, and somehow I finished sewing the whole thing!
I was aware of trying to balance out the red and the dark green, but other than that, I just sewed random pieces together. I am happy with how it turned out and am amazed at how quickly it came together, especially since it was all curved piecing. Now I need to think if I want to add borders from my stash (the kit didn't come with any fabric for borders).
I love how parts of this quilt look like spider's webs and other parts look like flowers. Curved piecing is on my list of things to master...maybe a lesson is in order!
ReplyDeleteVERY cool!!!! I just love all the secondary designs that appear.
ReplyDeleteand hey, when the curved piecing is going along smoothly why interrupt it!
that is wonderful!-love the movement. I checked out the top you "should" be quilting---I remember that one-luv it!
ReplyDeletevery bright colors... this was a kit? I like listening to the songs from Wicked, but have never seen it.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great when you start sewing and before you know it, you have a quilt top? The carnival blocks look great. I hope you have just the right border fabric in your stash.
ReplyDeleteI love that top. Best of luck finding some thing to border it with.
ReplyDeleteLove and hugs Gina xxx
Wow, it's gorgeous. I love the colors.
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