Monday, June 20, 2011

I've made a start


Being new to liberated quilting, it's taken me a while to pluck up the courage to start this project! But when I found this block last week, I thought it had potential and put it up on my design wall. Today I decided that it was time to bite the bullet and play.

The block is from an applique class I did at a Quilt Expo in The Hague just after I first started patchwork. It is one of three or four blocks I brought home but I didn't have the confidence to take it any further. I still have to stitch the small dugong, but that will have to wait until I can buy some matching thread. I forgot to take a photo of the original block before I started playing with it, but it was just the dugongs with blue and yellow border pieces, which I've cut down a bit. The rest of the fabrics came from my drawer of leftover scraps.

There are very few triangles really, but I'm satisfied with it so far because it feels triangular.

6 comments:

  1. What a great start. I like your colors and anxious to see this develope as the Rounds are added. Nice job!

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  2. I love the center and what you've done so far.

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  3. Way cool! This is going to be a beauty!
    Darlene

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  4. Don't know why but the surrounding fabrics/design remind me of Australia or New Zealand! Great start, can't wait to see this thru all the rounds

    warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

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  5. Congratulations for starting your RR quilt! The colors and the movement in the borders are all so good.

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  6. What a nice start! Great to use a block you had previously done - now can become part of a quilt! The colors you picked are so restful - I really like them. And what a fun way to add the triangles! So glad you are going in!

    : )
    June

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