When Erica of Kitchen Table Quilting announced the Mini Plaid-ish QAL I just had to join. In 2020 I made the original Plaid-ish quilt (an adjusted size) in red tones .
This time I chose a more colorful scheme.
Outdoor pictures are always the best, and the uprooted tree is a trusted quilt holder. Finished quilt is 50" x 64".
A colorful quilt in contrast with a fairy tale tree. This tree is still alive, even though there's not much soil underneath.
I pieced the backing from three different fabrics. The elephant/monkey piece is very fitting since the quilt will be donated as a charity quilt to the children's ward at my local hospital.
Look at all those gorgeous colors! The binding is also scrappy.
In making a plaid-ish quilt it is very important to sort the fabrics by value, light, medium and dark. The best way to check this is to take black/white pictures, because sometimes bright colors may have a pretty light value, if you compare the two last pictures.
This is my ninth charity quilt for the year 2023, and number 101 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.
Keep on quilting!
Helt nydelig resultat, Anita! Denne har jeg lenge tenkt at jeg skulle sydd. Veldig fint effekt med rutemønsteret.
ReplyDeleteNå har jeg sydd både den originale og mini-versjonen, og jeg likte mini-versjonen best. Denne gangen trengte jeg ikke å bytte ut noen stoff i medium kategorien, det kommer med erfaring. Det blir sikkert flere mini-plaidish quilter i framtiden, for jeg har altfor mye restestoff.
DeleteThanks for the insightful and informative articles
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