Friday, July 6, 2012

Selvage Color Blocks

While i was playing with selvages some months ago i created a new selvage block ..... so i made a bunch of them over the weeks and called it a quilt. LOL  it's about 60x65"  


I sewed colored strips diagonally across the base fabric and then put a border of that color around each block.


I was trying to represent every color...and trying to keep the borders a plain color. sometimes that worked...sometimes not. and some borders are thinner and some wider. no measuring for me.


The sashing is a selvage fabric that someone had printed at Spoonflower and i had to have some. i think selvage dots are a perfect fit for a selvage quilt.


The sashing cornerstones are the same black print as the border.


I pieced the back just because i could and it used up more stash. i see now i should have switched those 2 on the bottom left and i wouldn't have those darks all together. oh, well...it's done now.


I quilted with squiggly lines through the sashing and made an "X" through each block. i did a continuous line across and back....so sometimes the sashing was crossed over twice...sometimes not. i'm ok with that. and did a squiggly loopy thing in the border.


Used the leftovers from the backing for the binding. just had enough...about a foot left over.

King Tut on the top and So Fine in the bottom. used up scraps of batting .... some black...some white. LOL  i use up EVERYTHING.

Will add this one to my collection of selvage quilts...probably numbering over a dozen now. i have a black selvage quilt going on the frame next.....i'll show you...

Later

1 comment:

sam said...

I love this, Shirley. It is so colorful, yet not blinding. I so envy your creativity.

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