I looked it up, the definition of chaos: complete disorder and confusion · disarray · havoc · turmoil and on and on. And though the recent class with Libs Elliott included a very unique (and fun!) method for us each to design our own distinctive quilt, the end result seems to me quite the opposite of chaos.
The beautiful and textural Irome Muji cotton/linen blends by
Kokka was for me, just perfect for this quilt, a joy to both sew and quilt. I took inspiration from a quilting design from Ashley/
Film in the Fridge, rotating her original 90-degrees, which require marking every line, which seemed time-consuming at first, but in actuality went very well.
For thread, I started out using
Aurifil 50wt #2000 (beige), and after a break of several days, inadvertently continued on quilting with another color, #2021 (natural white). Oops! Rather than unpick the whole thing, I kept using both threads, switching them out every several rows. Maybe not ideal, but I can live with it.
Finishing at 48" square, I expect this quilt finds a happy home in our living room, where it coordinates well with our 'wild' chair. It seems meant to be.
I can't tell a difference in thread color from these photos; the quilting just looks like wonderful texture. I think that continuing to change out the thread color just makes it another design element. :)
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt - I wish I could free myself to work on such a piece.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing wrong with going with an inadvertant mistake! Beautiful colors in this quilt and chaos...to some yes, to me not so much!
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful!!! Love it...and Libs Elliot is a great quilter!
ReplyDeleteit's amazing!I love it so much
ReplyDeleteJust fantastic....Incredible that you composed such abstraction with balance that pleases the eye. Your color choices are superb and compliment the movement of shapes. Masterfully done!
ReplyDeleteI see beautiful chaos! Great outside pictures too!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is such a cool quilt! Love the colors, the chaos and the quilting. Really good finish!!
ReplyDeleteI love it! Hope to finish mine soon too.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing!!! Ditto on Susan's comments. You really need to enter it somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore this!!! I agree with the other posters... this needs to be entered somewhere! What a stunning finish.
ReplyDeleteSuch an amazing quilt Debbie and I love the quilting too!
ReplyDeleteit's great and the fabrics are glorious - gotta get me some of those! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteChaos can be beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove this piece and the two color threads works for me. Love the quilting design too.
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic! I love the quilting too! Very cool!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning Debbie! The quilting is awesome too. Great, great finish!
ReplyDeleteDebbie - what a fantastic finish. I love your colours. So great. Thanks so much for linking up with the Finish-A-Long, on behalf of all of the hosts :) he he!
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