We had a lot of latitude, make a mini quilt which doesn't exceed 24 x 24. Gah! It was so hard for me. Why? Well, The squares were too small to do HST's, every pattern I looked at was quite a bit larger than 24" square and my mind just wasn't in this. I had these laid out in so many configurations - really I thought an idea would just come to me and presto - it would be awesome. It didn't happen that way.
My favorite part of the quilting is the yellow (variegated orange/yellow thread) through the red and orange. In the first picture you can see it better, but I love how it blends and pops at the same time.
Working in Finance I utilize graphs and charts frequently so I attempted to make this into a chart, but it seems like a big fail to me. When I look at it I see no creativity, especially compared to the awesomeness that a bunch of ladies in my guild showed up with. Look at all these varieties!
yeah, mine is basic basic basic. How could sewing little squares together be so difficult?
Well, I had to turn this into a positive. When I showed it at our meeting, it wasn't bound yet (call me a slacker, I deserve it) so after the meeting I was determined to finish this and make a positive out of it. Binding! My favorite part - I love binding (by hand) so, I challenged myself to match the binding to the design. See? Bet you didn't notice it earlier or did you? The blue around the red and orange and the orange (my special stash of pezzy print) around the blue and green. What do you think of that?
The bottom is 1/8" off, but I'm ok with that. I really like this look of matched binding and I hope to use it in the future..
