Twiggy and Opal: bloggers quilt festival 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Bridges :: Two Color Quilt

I might have mentioned that I had quite a stack of quilts that were in need of quilting in a previous post. All my creative energy is on hold until each and every quilt is complete. It's like dangling a carrot in front of me...complete the quilts, and the reward is making more when it's all said and done!

This will also be my first entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival hosted by Amy at Amy's Creative Side. If your looking for inspiration or new blogs to follow, you will certainly find it here!

BRIDGES
35" x 45"

For the time being I'm calling it 'Bridges'. During the piecing process I kept getting a vibe of building a bridge. Steel, beams, rivets...all part of a structure that is vital in the building of bridges. My mind kept wandering to my days in Portland Oregon where steel bridges are part of the landscape, part of the history of the city. Sturdy, functional and amazingly beautiful these bridges are a mind boggling jungle of angles.

I designed this quilt with the sole purpose of making it a two color color quilt. It wasn't easy! After playing with many different combinations, I settled on this combination of Kona Deep Blue and Kona Toasted Pecan. The warm pecan is the perfect companion to the rich blue, and a little unexpected!

The design might look a bit familiar to some of you, as it's the same block design that I used in my 'It's a Gem' mini quilt. Except this time I took my time and made sure each and every seam and angle was lined up perfectly.

By using larger blocks (in this case 7") and paper piecing, it was much easier to achieve the accuracy I lacked with the mini quilt. It also helped that I took my time with this one instead of rushing through.

'It's a Gem'

Quilting happened. It was another instance where I had a vague idea what I wanted to do and hoped it would come together in the end. And it did.

It seemed appropriate to continue with the building of my bridge by adding 1/2" lines representing steel, and circles representing the rivets that hold it all together. I'll tell you what...making perfect circles is hard to do! I had to remind myself that even rivets aren't perfectly round!

I love the angles in this quilt as much as I love the colors! That Toasted Pecan...it makes my mouth water!

There are so many design possibilities with this one block, and you can bet I'll be playing with it in the future! For now, it's back to quilting!