Back In The Studio

 

I'm wrestling with this beast again. I set it aside to work on the green version. I thought I had ordered more fabrics for it, but I was wrong. I had to go fabric shopping yesterday (oh gee darn). But It just wasn't enough I usually buy fabrics with punch, snap and pizzaz, and to finish this quilt, I need some fabrics that are more, shall we say, subservient. While I had fabric like that in my stash I didn't have ENOUGH of them. Sigh.

Sometimes I'm smart enough to notice things that don't work right away, and sometimes it takes me a bit longer. See that middle lozenge? It's more red at the bottom, and then in the top triangle it is more pink. It bothered me because the top part of that shape made me think it was something else, and I need that shape to be unified.

This is when I am glad I cut my strips bigger than I will really need. I cut another big triangle. It isn't 100% perfect, but I think it's better than it was.

In this quilt I want you to see the "ribbons" twisting and sa-shaying. I want the other shapes (those big long triangles on the sides) to fall a bit into the background. Yeah, I know they aren't there yet.

So yet again this sucker is going to wait. But fear not, I do have work in the studio that will keep me excited for a few days!