Wednesday it's time for the blog hop Opposites Attract hosted by Marian of Seams To Be Sew.
For this blog hop we were to make a small project using maximum 3 colors (or fabrics). Good contrast between the colors would be optimal, for example green/red or blue/orange in the color wheel above are good examples of opposite (or complementary) colors.
I chose to make a table runner from the book Lines by Design Quilts by Debbie Grifka. A couple of months ago I won this book myself in a blog hop. There are 17 wonderful modern quilting projects in the book. Of course the selection was kind of limited since there was a size limit for the chosen project.
I chose to make a table runner from the book Lines by Design Quilts by Debbie Grifka. A couple of months ago I won this book myself in a blog hop. There are 17 wonderful modern quilting projects in the book. Of course the selection was kind of limited since there was a size limit for the chosen project.
I chose the table runner Watermark, with a finished size of 13 1/2" x 30". My three colors are black, white and coral.
The background fabric is a black and white print, the accent color is a coral print, and the contrast are white circles. The circles remind me of the marks a water glass leaves on a wooden table.
The table runner has a masculine feel to it, and it would fit in well next to an open fire.
I used the Basted Bias method to create the circles, and it is the first time I have used that method. I think the result is pretty good. Watermark is quilted with circles echoing the applique.
You can see the quilting more clearly on the back. I stuck to my three colors also on the back, with Britten Nummer by Ikea. The binding is a coral solid. There was a pretty powerful breeze during the photo shoot, that explains my fingers holding down the corner of the runner.
I wanted to make a few extra small projects for the hop, and when Make Modern came up with the #MMminimini challenge on Instagram, I knew I had to make a few.
Above are the first three I made, in three colors each. The first one is 5" x 5", the second (tulip) is 2 3/4" x 4 1/2", and the last triangle is 3" on each side.
Now for the giveaway:
The Fat Quarter Shop is generously sponsoring the event,
with a gift card of $25 each day of the hop.
Giveaway for June 1:
a Rafflecopter giveaway.
with a gift card of $25 each day of the hop.
Giveaway for June 1:
a Rafflecopter giveaway.
This is the entire schedule for the blog hop:
June 1
June 2
June 3
June 6
June 7
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