GOING GREEN QUILT {A COMPLETED PROJECT AND WHAT I LEARNED}

 

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As I said before in my previous post,

I gave myself permission

to try something new.

 

I finished my quilt

& I wanted to share a few things that I learned along the way.

 

 

 

My Going Green Quilt was a lesson in solid fabrics for me.

 

I have an entire stash of Moda Bella Solids

and I have mixed then into my other quilts.

However, I have never done anything completely out of solid fabric.

 

Along the way,

I learned a few things:

 

 

•  LESSON 1: My eyes are now open to making quilts/projects out of all solid fabrics. Once I got past the shock of not having the pretty pints & patterns to look at, it sort of reminded me of coloring with crayons! Nothing but beautiful colors to work with !

• LESSON 2: I still love prints! I will always love prints, but now I look at them in a different way. For example, I might not choose a large floral print. Instead I might go for a print that is not so busy and can relate to a broader group of fabrics.

 



 

• LESSON 3: I am still more of a Traditional quilter. To be exact, a traditionalist who loves modern (modernish) fabrics.

 

 

 

• LESSON 4:  In my mind, I wanted to create something "wonky". I tried form cutting the squares, but the traditionalist in me settled for just cutting the squares in different sizes. 



 

 

When I was piecing the blocks, I really tried for wonky. I can't tell you how hard it was for me to allow the points to not line up exactly! I kept telling myself that it is "OK" for it to look off kilter! In fact, if the points matched up it was on accident.

 

• LESSON 5: I like OMBRE! Ombre is a HUGE trend right now. It is huge in fashion and it is even huge in hair color! So when I chose my solid green fabrics, I choose two colors that we slightly off in color value. I did it this way so that when they were next to each other there would be a subtle effect. Here is how it turned out:

 



 

• LESSON 6: I am no longer afraid of all solid quilt/projects! In fact, I have a few more brewing in my head right now.

 

Gosh I do wish that my grass matched my quilt!

 

I am going to leave you with one final photo:

(more on this later)





 

Going Green Quilt

20" X 50"

 

Until Next Time...Happy Quilting