So I've ignored my housework, paying work, and preparation for a weekend yard sale and sewed instead. Lots of dust bunnies living in my house, but I don't care. I put a piano key border around the baskets, and I'm thinking of using the checked bias on top of it in a serpentine design. I've pinned a piece to the bottom right to see if I like it. Originally I had put the symbol + between the words so it read "Black + white + read all over" but I took them out an I'm going to use the bias tape to make the symbol instead. I'm pleased with how this turned out -- it's going on the hand quilting pile, and I'm going to have some fun in the basket blocks.
The inspiration was for this quilt was Tonya with her letters and Marston and Moran's Collaborative Quilting for the baskets and the red. (and the fact that I have only about 50 different red fabrics collected when I was in a red phase. another story for another time.)
13 comments:
I love it and the checked bias looks very good. Freddy and Gwen would be proud of you!
This has turned out very lovely. The words are nicely balanced.
-Laura
I like the baskets. What a fun quilt.
those reds really tie the whole quilt together so very well -- a fun quilt that brings a smile to my face.
It's getting better and better all the time! Does that bias check show up more in person than it does in the photo?
This has got to be one of my all time favourites. It's marvellous. I love your words too. Must start getting back to basics and stop mucking around with bits. The sewing corner looks like a quilter's garage!
Wow, am I jealous
this is a wonderful quilt..it looks so great...look forward to seeing how you quilt it!
This is just fun! I really love it! It is cool to see all the ways you are using words in your quilts! Cool! Cool!
This quilt looks so fun and yet has a smart/sassy attitude. I love it! Great fabrics and I am in a basket love mood lately. Just found your blog and I am really enjoying it.
Great quilt!!! Wonderful color placement and style!!!LOVE IT!
I really love the baskets - I've been wanting to make a basket quilt almost as long as I've been quilting and after buying Gwen Marston's Liberated Strings book, I knew that it would be a liberated version.
So clever, and yet so gorgeous!
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