Sunday 21 October 2012

Eating my words

Do you remember this little Swoon quilt top I made in July?



Here's what I said about it at the time:

"It's very busy I'll admit, much busier than I would usually go for, 
but I think I kind of like it in a not-very-me sort of way."

Um, I might have to eat those words.  I've had plenty of time to consider this quilt top as it was left aside due to some unanticipated quilting commitments I took on in late July.  But the more I looked at it the less I liked it.  Just too busy for me and although I thought I could get over it, I couldn't.  Has that ever happened to you?

My plans originally had been to make this quilt and donate it to Bee Blessed so I really didn't want it to go to waste.  I thought that maybe if I could re-work it a little then it could possibly become a quilt that someone could love.


So, a little deconstruction back down into the original block elements, a little bit of biscuit coloured sashing and scrappy binding and Swoon is now a quilt I would actually be quite happy to keep.  It no longer gives me a headache trying to work out where to rest my eye amid the mass of clashing pattern, and I am happy that Bee Blessed will have a better quilt to share with someone who needs it.



10 comments:

  1. It looks a different quilt with the sashing. Good work. Di x

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  2. Wow it looks totally different now! Much more restful :)

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  3. I read the first bit - remembered what you said before about it being to busy and thought - hmmm it just needs sashing in between the blocks and that's what you did and I think it looks fab! It really shows off the fabric without the beauty of it being lost with the busy-ness of it. Great!

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  4. I think the reworking was the right idea and it looks flipping brilliant now. You are a Bee Blessed star!

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  5. Turned out beautifully! Def. the right choice to sash it! Jxo

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  6. looks so different x beautiful x

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  7. Well done on re working it. Definately the right thing to do, it looks lovely now.

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  8. Yay, it turned out great: lucky Bee Blessed

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  9. That is gorgeous!! It's funny how things can look totally different when u change them just a bit!

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  10. Oh, it's so much better with the sashing - a completely different quilt! Well done!

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