When I first saw it announced, I wasn't going to make time for Curated Quilts' House Mini Quilt Challenge. But I guess I needed a little play time in the studio, pulled some fabrics and went for it.
I had perused the prompt 'house' online for a while for a little inspiration, and kept coming back to a photo of House on Krokholmen in Värmdö, Sweden. It was the roof that so captivated me, and for better or worse, my version using all the colors called for in the prompt, apparently looks like a circus roof. Not my intent.
In fact, nothing about this piece quite 'fits' for me. I think one reason I'm not 100% happy with it is that it isn't easily recognizable as fitting its theme, "house". Not that that was even necessary, but I guess I thought it would reflect that in some way.
That said, I had alot of fun messing around with improv stripes, the palette intrigued me to no end (SO not being anything I would have chosen on my own), and unexpectedly, the piece became sort of a sampler of walking foot quilting designs done in coordinating threads all around. And that was very fun.
So even though I don't love it, I'm happy enough to have explored the theme, I enjoyed the bit of improv, and I'm ready to move on. So there you go.
House measures 12" square.
I think I learn the most when something doesn't turn out the way I expected. Mini quilts are a really great way to explore, and the walking foot quilting enhances all the different areas in this mini.
ReplyDeleteI think it fits the house theme very well. It looks like a window to me, and green wallpaper.
ReplyDeleteas long as you had fun it's a win! and I agree, it doesn't reflect your usual, but it's quite interesting.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were doing a riff on the "house" being a theater (the actor is in the house) and the stripes were the inner curtains and the green the outer and the brown the stage....
ReplyDeleteBefore I read your post I saw a great stage with balcony seats on the side!! Love it! Then I read your description and do see a house with a great window w/a view of green fields! Love that too!
ReplyDeleteHaving fun is the most important, isn't it ?! And it's great that you persisted. I definitely wasn't inspired by the 'house' prompt ...
ReplyDeleteI think it looks fun. And I love how you went with the flow and finished it, even with the uncertainty and hic ups in between. It might not be would you envisioned, but I think its modern look and quilting were worth this experimentation.
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