This is my second entry this spring, to see my other entry, click here.
This entry is in the Modern category. As a member of the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild, I get to participate in our Block Lottos at our monthly meetings. A few years back, our challenge was to use a bit of Kona Curry with any blacks and greys we had in our stash, and create an improv pieced block. At the meetings, everyone who makes a block is entered into a draw to receive all or some of the blocks. I was a lucky winner! Unfortunately, due to other demands, these blocks sat for a year or two until I finally pulled them out while on a retreat. I just wasn't getting them to work the way they were, so seeing as it was all about improv, I just sliced into them and shuffled them around until I was happy with the layout and then started filling in the spaces with more black and grey. This worked for me!
Once I had the top pieced, it was an easy decision to quilt some concentric circles and straight lines. This quilt is a lot like Vancouver in the winter - here in Vancouver, winter can be pretty grey, with a lot of rain, but every now and then we get a fabulous sunny day. The quilting is reminiscent of the rain and puddles, but the yellow gives me a ray of sunshine to know that summer is on its way!
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| A Vancouver Winter |
Check out more of the Spring 2015 Bloggers Quilt Festival entries here
Happy quilting!
Janet
11 comments:
Winning blocks from the quilting group is so rewarding. I also won some blocks and like you did some block surgery to make them fit my style. Your resulting quilt is truly a one of a kind and can never be duplicated.
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It is a beautiful quilt, I love how the quilting adds another layer of beauty.
Ooh, love that idea of a Block lotto for improv blocks. You did a great job with them, Janet and that quilting is fabulous!
What a wonderful way to portray the weather of my old home town. You get my vote!
This is stunning! I love it and the quilting is perfect for the top. Nice work!
Love the combination of quilted straight lines and circles. It works so well with the blocks. I am very impressed with your circles! I can never keep them even lol.
I love your quilt and its perfect title!
I love your quilting on this one. The random yellow is perfect to perk up the gray and black. You are right, a nice reminder there's bright spots in every day if you look for them!!
Nini~
A lovely quilt and I really like the way that the circles complement the straight lines of the piecing.
You did a great job with a bunch of improv blocks. Taking the chance of slicing and dicing really paid off. Nicely done.
That is absolutely gorgeous!! ♡
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