Project Quilting Challenge 3 was this week (if you are wondering, yes I missed 2, I was sick and on bed rest for a few weeks). I was beyond excited with the challenge inspiration,
Sweet Treats. My first thoughts were bright colors and fun shapes and then I thought gummy bears because they are yummy and colorful.
I took the color idea and ran with it. This was a fun way to play with all solids, which I almost never do. I pulled a bunch of bright fun colors from my stash and cut 2.5 inch strips off each. Then I cut the strips into equilateral triangles, laid them out and fused them to some pellon. I was experimenting with how the triangles would turn out with the fusing method. FYI... the points don't come out perfect, but it gives a different look to them and I really think it fits the feel like the candies are in a big box all mixed together.
After I did the triangles I added a few thin borders to frame my hard candies. I stitched in the ditch around the borders. Then it is bound in a light blue, feels like one more border to me. It is backed in a fun green and blue polka-dot that makes me think of candy dots.
My Hard Candy Mini Quilt measures 15.5" x 18.5". I created it in my home in Lanoka Harbor, NJ.
Carolyn, that's really cute! I'm always afraid of using all solids since I thought I'd get bored but now that I see a small one it's given me an idea!
ReplyDeleteNice colors!
Peggy
Sorry, Carolyn, the first thing that I noticed was that the corners did not meet up. After reading your explanation, it makes sense now. It looks good. I like the colors.
ReplyDeleteAnother beauty ~ it does have the feel of colorful candies!
ReplyDeleteYour idea for using fusing is genious. This could probably work with just a little tweeking. Then you can sell it to a fabric company.