I got my new Brother Quilt pro - Inovis 1000 and was raring to try it out. Mirjam was pregnant, and I was without a project. One lunch at JoAnne's, and I was off on a new idea. I really wanted to tackle value, and cubes seamed the perfect model. The first iteration was of a ring of cubes, Esher like, with the value showing their depth in space to create that dimensional look. The 7x15 parallelagram faces were just not giving that effect. My first value page of 18 fabrics, later became the one shown below with 27 swatches. The background color wasn't doing anything for the effect either.
Next try, a single block, with the value shifting on each face. This was one the rectangular, so the edges would each show a piece of the adjacent block.
Okay, the hexagon was just calling out. The finished shape really made the piece. I sewed each face like it was a straight quilt, and only had to deal with one 'Y' seam. I didn't get it quite right, but I was able to quilt the lumps into oblivion.
Finally, feed dogs that dropped, so this is my first free-motion quilting that really went well. I drafted each face like a side on a child's block. One is of blocks spelling out I 'heart' mom, one is a giant teddy bear, and the blue one is a duck floating in waves. Very elementary execution, but I was getting the hang of it by the end.
Another hand made binding, and I am not quite sure how I got around those corners.
I am so pleased with this finished product. For all the mistakes that I will see in each of my pieces, I truly met the goal of showing value, and getting dimensional.
Backing and border
Up close on quilting of the teddy bear
First Layout
Adding more color for a different layout
Color sketch of how 'interim' layout should go
Fabric cut and placed in 'interim' layout. Final iteration was the hexagon you see in the finished quilt.
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