This wall quilt is brand new; I just finished the binding and the sleeve a few minutes ago.
The colors are golds and browns (hand dyed and very soft). I put some improvisational blocks in a bag with some solid squares, then took them out without looking and "let the chips fall where they may." No planning went into the arrangement of the rows either. I let randomness play a role in the design process. The squares are 3.5" This quilt is a gift to my son David. He says he likes it a lot. That was fun.Do you sometimes let randomness play in your quilt room?
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Hi Karen,
what a beautiful quilt - lucky David ;-) Yes, sometimes, I let random play in my quilts!
Hugs, Martina
That's a very nice quilt. I like your quilting also. Randomness plays a big part in my color selection with scrappy quilts, but sometimes I have to add my two cents worth!
Simply wonderful! The quilting, the squares, the colours, the blocks... all so perfect!
Random is always at play in my studio.
I only look at the 2 blocks in my hand & try not to sew "the" 2 blue ones together...
love doing random ~ made different blocks and then cut them up and sewed them back together for a quilt I made. It turned out great!
Lucky David!
Beautiful!
Randomness is great fun!
I need to "let my hair down!" Love the randomness. Lucky David.
I wish I could say yes, but I'm way too uptight! I want to get there, though. I hope as my kids get older and need less guidance, I will be able to 'let go' more in my creative work as well.
A WONDERFUL quilt! It gives me a good idea for something to make for my son. I do love to let randomness into my quilting. Have you seen the discussion on randomness at www.daintytime.net? Very thought-provoking.
I can see why he loves this quilt! Gorgeous.
Me and Random? It is so hard, perhaps because I am a "Libra", sign of the scales and need things balanced and ordered! That's my excuse anyway.
I really love this quilt, simple but beautiful.
Debbie
What a earthy organic quilt. I love the wavy quilty lines and the very small shapes! I just love the one of a kind nature of it. Glad your son appreciates it. I love randomness, but don't always take advantage of it. When I do, I am usually quite happy!
Que quilt tan bonito!!!
Very nice, Karen! My son wants a "brown quilt". I may just have to try something like that. Recently I've been just stitching my scraps together, however they come out of the box. That's pretty random. I am "making fabric" that I'll cut into blocks to sew together. I am a firm believer that all colors go together.
I like random squares, but I love those added pieced squares also at random. Nice wavy quilting, too. A really great "Guy" quilt!
Lovely quilt...nicely masculine.
Randomness? No, not enough, I wonder if I would enjoy quilting more if I did?
Happy sewing
Love it. Great idea, especially the random pieced blocks. Thanks for sharing this.
What a beautiful quilt! Simply wonderful!
Silver MLM
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