Tuesday 25 October 2011

Woot woot! Made a start!

I am nervously in the Brit Quilt Pillow fight egged on by Helen (aka Archie the wonderdog) but am wondering if I am in the same league as some of these masters of textile art!


Anyway I am sure to get a wonderful cushion which I will treasure and I just hope I can please my partner.  This time I am trying to make something from her inspiration mosaic - some string squares which I love as it gives the opportunity to mix lots of lovely fabrics but without losing too much...now this point is important as I am sharing my much loved and hopefully growing collection of text fabric which just happen to be in appropriate colours.  Then I have mixed in some older fabric from stash which I hope is acceptable and some cotton solid and some lovely linen!


I am hoping to create a textural feast with quite a pared back colour palette!


So this is the front of my cushion as I originally made it.  But I didn't like it in the middle area - it just didn't look right...




A quick unpick and this is how it looks now!....



Not quite how it should look but a lot better.





Still got the other side to do .....better not make any mistakes there!






    

19 comments:

  1. I like the second version better too. I always wondered what you call fabric with writing on it. Now I know. Thanks.

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  2. They're both just fine imho! :) loving the green :) But then you knew that anyway! lol

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  3. I do like it with the green in the center, too. Looks great!

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  4. Oooo yeay for green text! you are SO worthy of the pillow fight Mrs!

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  5. Looks great! I love the green and grey!

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  6. It looks great, Nicky! I do like the green in the center better, too. No reason to be intimidated, you are brilliant!

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  7. The second version is great! I see some bright green binding coming ;)
    Susanne

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  8. 2nd version looks heaps better - well done for having a moment of inspiration! I'm sure it will be easier to finish now that you're happier with it. Jxo

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  9. Love v2, it's fab and v striking! Lucky partner :-)

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  10. It looks so different in the two versions! I would go for v 2 too :-)

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  11. Well, green + text, this could be perfect for me, I would certainly love to give it a home. 2nd version is best for sure.

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  12. The second version is much better!

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  13. Love the second version much more, I think it's because I love all that green in the centre! Oh, and what do you mean 'I'm wondering if I am in the same league as some of these masters of textile art'???? Of course you are and if I was closer I'd give you a good shake then a lot of encouragement as I think you're fab!!

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  14. Love the second one! That green looks gorgeous. Looking at the picture of the first one was making my eyes go funny!!

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  15. Your cushion front looks great and you are so in the same league as those other fab quilters. Don't you doubt it for a moment!

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