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| MINI WAVES 5 1/2" X 4" |
I grabbed my blue scrap bin began by pulling out the shades of blue I would need for the mini. The final tally was 15 different colors! The top is a light gray and gradually moves down to a deep dark blue. I'm always surprised at how many strips and colors are needed and when laid out the length is enormous...until they are sewn together and it miraculously shrinks!
The strips start at 7-8" long and 1-1 1/2" wide. That gives me plenty of space to achieve the curve without having to worry if they are wide enough.
After sewing and trimming each completed wave varies in width. Some might be wide, some might be just a sliver. That's improv! I trimmed the 'top' to 6" x 4 3/4" when I was finished and then had to quilt and bind it.
Simple curved quilting, nothing more. Where I went off the rail was the binding. Maybe not quite off the rail, but I'm still debating if I did the right thing.
Having just finished a quilt where I used a faced binding, I thought that might be a good choice. I modified the the size of the binding and did my best to make it look good! I will say it was a difficult feat! With the bulk of the side seams, it was difficult to manipulate and deal with when it was time to fold the binding to the back. But done is done!
I'm still debating about the binding. I think it would work better if the quilt was larger. I may give it a try when I make a bigger one. We'll see...that could all change!
I've been spending very little time in my sewing room although I have plenty to do. The weather has warmed up which means it's weeding time! There are enough weeds to keep me busy for a couple months it seems. Just when I finish I have to start over again! Can't say I mind it too much. It's nice to get out in the fresh air and dirt again!
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I like a good mini, and really do need to try this kind of improv piecing. I am quite an ordered kind of person so improv is very much going off piste for me. x
ReplyDeleteFrom my position your choice of binding looks great! I have never tried curved improv-perhaps I need to do this!
ReplyDeleteI think the quilting suits the tiny mini quilt perfectly, Jayne. :)
ReplyDeleteI think I may have stressed out too much about the binding finish on this one! It was an experiment and works perfectly well regardless!
DeleteYour mini reminds me of some of the high mountain lakes we have here in East TN.
ReplyDeleteYes! It could be that too! I like that people see different things in quilts. With this one some see waves, some see mountains…
DeleteI think the faced binding suits this tiny quilt! so cute. I can't wait to see the bigger version when it happens
ReplyDeleteExperimenting small scale is such a great way to figure things out for something larger...if you choose to do that (or have the time, ha!). I think the faced binding make the front look great.
ReplyDeleteYou know Jayne, I love improv also and hardly ever do it. Wonder what that's about. I love your mini.
ReplyDeleteLove your little quilt. The facing method must have been hard but it turned out looking great.
ReplyDeleteThat's too bad you struggled with the binding, because I think it suits the mini well. I like your quilting with these curves too!
ReplyDeleteYour improv curves are beautiful, Jayne! I see the ocean waves going out to the sky on the horizon - my favorite view anytime. The quilting really adds to it, too. Love your mini!
ReplyDeleteShh! Don't mention weeds (I'm avoiding mine by saying I have VERY important quilting to complete, which is true but doesn't stop the weeds growing!) Love the little improv - anything in blue gets my vote!
ReplyDeleteIt's weeding time here too, but I am timing myself so that I don't spend the whole morning there. I love your wave quilts. I can't believe you made a 5 1/2" x 4" one. Facing was a great choice though, I think binding would have boxed the openness of this mini too much. What a lovely improv finish.
ReplyDelete-Soma