Friday, February 2, 2018

Inside Looking Out

Every few regular quilts, I like to slip in a paper-pieced quilt. I really enjoy paper piecing even though it can be slow and tedious. I love that I don't have to cut precisely, and it's a magical feeling when the blocks come out perfect, as paper pieced blocks tend to.

The pattern I'm using is Ventana by Alison Glass. For the fabric, I'm also using an Alison Glass collection called Seventy-Six. I think I probably own every single Alison Glass collection in some form ... but I'm addicted. When it comes to colorful, richly rainbow fabrics, she's the creme de la creme.

I particularly like this quilt for the secondary patterns that form in the negative space between the blocks. Not only is it an interesting shape, but it's fun to quilt! Instead of quilting the same filler throughout though, I sort of treated it as an off-center medallion with a center motif, and then each ring is a different design radiating out. When it comes to quilting background spaces, I usually think more is more!

In the beautiful print fabrics, I kept it simple with some dot-to-dot designs. That way, it both contrasts with the denser background and doesn't obscure the fabric. The fun thing about dot-to-dot designs is that I can make up whatever, and as long as there's some symmetry there, it will look good.

I knew what I wanted to do with the quilting before I even started piecing, and I love it when that happens. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, that quilt usually gets made and quilted pretty quickly. I like the end result very much, and I expect I'll want to do another paper-piecing project before too long.

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Linking up with: Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Powered by Quilting, Busy Hands Quilts, Crazy Mom Quilts, My Quilt Infatuation, and Cooking Up Quilts.

21 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilting. The colors really do shine.

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  2. This is just so fabulous! I admire how you make your quilting vision become a reality!

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  3. I love the negative space quilting designs, just adorable

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  4. The negative space quilting is SO good! Did you bury threads for each square? Or did you enter/exit at the corners and it's just not noticeable? I wouldn't have guessed this was paper pieced. I do love paper piecing, but I try to avoid it if it's not necessary. Lol!

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  5. Hi Liz,
    It's not often that I say this, but the quilting really makes this quilt come alive. The dot-to-dots really make the colored areas pop, and the negative spaces are just fabulous. WOWEE! Really great job. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  6. Beautiful finish! I love how you changed up the quilting design in each of the squares, it makes each area really special.

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  7. What a fabulous quilt and quilting! I love the different patterns in each square and the symmetry of the dot to dot patterns. The fabric is just gorgeous and you did a marvelous job. Congrats on another beauty.

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  8. Wow. Liz. Please write a book with all your quilts in it, info where we can buy the pattern, and close-ups of your quilting. It could be called "Quilt Along With Liz". Or "No More 'Quilt As Desired'"! I want to make every quilt you make and copy your quilting! You have the best quilting ideas. Great job!

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  9. Your quilting is so amazing. You have a natural talent.

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  10. You never cease to amaze me!!! You gave my jaw a nice workout. It was so nice to see your quilt after being away from WiFi access for over a week. Everything about this quilt is gorgeous. So nice to see you using your precious Alison Glass fabrics, it was for such a worthwhile quilt. Hurry up and get your studio finished, we need to see video of you in action.

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  11. Your quilting is wonderful! Love the colors in this quilt, too.

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  12. I do love the secondary pattern of quilting that you chose to do - perfect for this quilt. Sure adds a depth to it :)

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  13. The quilting in the squares are divine! All different and it's so amazing! You are such a natural <3

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  14. It is awesome that the pattern spoke to you and you knew how you were going to quilt it from the beginning. Beautiful finish!

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  15. I never would have guessed this was paper pieced. You did a wonderful job and the quilting is spectacular, as usual! I love all the different designs you did. The quilt is beautiful Liz.

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  16. Your quilt is stunning. Just love the strong colours and the quilting... wow!

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  17. Wow wow wow!!! The quilting really makes this one pop! I just keep looking over it again and again.

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  18. This is an excellent example of good color composition and quilting abilities. How long have you been quilting such great background fillers. You do such a beautiful job of it.

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