Thursday, February 18, 2021

Bohemian Spark

I wanted to finish Bohemian Spark for Valentine's Day, and while I didn't quite make that deadline ... at least it's still February! Both the pattern and the fabric (Just Red) are designed by Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic.

I was very excited to make this quilt, but it was certainly one of the tougher ones I've made. It was paper-pieced, which I usually love, but the pieces are huge, which made them more challenging to line up correctly, and to add to the difficulty, the edges of most of these blocks are bias. I breathed a sigh of relief after it came together, and most of the points mostly match.

I used just two designs in this quilt: straight lines and swirls. I kept the swirls to the lighter colored fabric, as I don't like dense quilting with contrasting thread.

The straight lines were actually quite challenging because they're so long. There was a lot of fudging and guesstimation going on, but overall I'm pretty happy with it.

This quilt really has such a visual impact! I haven't done a red and pink quilt ... ever, so I'm happy to have this one as it really stands out.

8 comments:

  1. Another pretty quilt, Liz. This one would light up a room, so I hope you have it on display. Love the quilting!

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  2. Impressive quilting and piecing

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  3. How large are the blocks? I can definitely understand how keeping those long lines straight could be a challenge. It's stunning!

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  4. Glad the bias played well for you - the result is just beautiful! So many different shades brought together to sparkle.

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  5. Just gorgeous, as usual. You are such a good quilter!

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  6. Another breathtaking quilt from your studio, Liz! Pretty fabrics. Such beautiful quilting. Bias edges can be very tricky.

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  7. I understand the problem with those big pieces and then they give you all those bias edges. You did a fabulous job with it...and it is so much fun to have one you love in a new different colorway than normal.

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  8. This is so pretty! I love the colors!!!

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