Monica of Happy Zombie wrote: "I would call that a front of a quilt - too beautiful to hide in the back!"
Suddenly the gears in my head started turning and I realized that the quilting pattern I was designing for the front of the quilt would totally ruin the back of the quilt.
And here I was, trying to be diligent in finishing projects on my list and I had an accidental extra quilt in my WIP's. As I added some more strips to the quilt, I pondered. I designed that "backing" for Henry. The red, yellow and orange make up a "fish" in the center. The blues are water (of course) mixed with bubbles (possibly Henry's second love after water). If I turned it into a twin sized quilt, the scale of the center block would be too small. So I held it up on the wall in his room and it is just right as a modern splash of color on his wall.
So, there you have it. Another day or two of concentrated quilting with the walking foot and it'll be ready for a binding.
Though, you'll note that I said "concentrated" quilting. I'm now distracted by hexies again....
7 comments:
Oh! I guess it is a walking foot (pls ignore flickr comment). Looks wonderful. The oranges and blues are a great combination.
It just occurred to me that the loopy-squares quilting I finished last week started off as a back and graduated to a front. Kooky!
I love that quilting line style, it works perfectly with the newly promoted quilt front
well i agree with flickr - too too pretty to be a quilt back.
you made the right call - and i love the quilting pattern you're using.
hexies are fun too... can we get a peek at them as well?!?! :)
Oooh! I love this!
I adore the quilting - what a wonderful way to quilt in straight lines without having to stop and start all the time! And the log cabin design and colours are beautiful. Really inspired.
oh i love it! perfect color, perfect size and i love that style of quilting. i'm so glad that it won't get hidden on the back but instead get a showcase on the wall! perfect!
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