Monday, July 11, 2011

(Not Quite On The) Design Wall Monday – 07/11/2011

Matching those pesky points on my Hour Glass quilt has really slowed me down, but the end is in sight.  So, I have begun doing some prep work for my next project.  Ever since I saw some of the quilts Wanda Hanson has posted on her blog, Exubertant Color, I have wanted to try my hand at a technique in the book, Strips That Sizzle, by Margaret Miller. 



You can go to Wanda’s site and find a side bar link that will take you to some of her Strips That Sizzle quilts.  The basic technique requires a minimum of eight fabrics from two color ways.  The fabrics must be sorted in sequence of darkest to lightest and this is proving to be a challenge.  Perhaps making a black and white copy of the strips will keep me on the right track.  This will be (yet another) quilt in purples and teals and I began cutting my teal strips on Saturday. 



I ran out of time before doing the purples, and this post is a bit of a cheat since nothing is on my design wall.

The cutting mat and excess fabric have been put away for the week.  We are enjoying a very special visitor.  A grandson does have priority! 

3 comments:

Debbie said...

Good for you on trying the new project. Take the photo and use picassa--or photo editing program-- to turn it into black and white. You will be able to see the value better then. Your arrangement looks good so far. Also make a swatch card to keep the values in sequence/ order when you begin the sewing. I have a pdf of the swatch card on my blog. Enjoy your family this week.

sosarahsew said...

That is a beautiful range of teals! I can't wait to see where you go with this project. It is a fun one I have done with Wanda.

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

Your value range looks good. You may want to find an even lighter one or two fabrics to add to it for more pizazz.