Saturday, December 18, 2010

Christmas Colors, well Sorta





















I'm not one for making "holiday quilts". They don't seem practical to me since they only look 'right' for a short time. I did make a Christmas House design wall hanging once, but I sold it.

This quilt is the closest thing I can get to a Christmas one.

The red-orange and yellow fabric is a remnant from Liberty in London. And a finer, softer cotton you can't imagine. Almost feels like silk. I hoarded this piece for a very long time. I would get it out and look at it and then, put it back in the pile. Couldn't think of a thing to do with it. Finding the right yellow to go with it was also a problem.

Then I started experimenting with designing quilts on the computer and came up with this design. The quilt is a riot on the bed.

I had fun with the outer border of the blocks, snipping colors from the body of the quilt and sewing them in.

So, in honor of the season, here's a quilt with Christmas colors."Christmas Gone Wild with Yellow and Purple" might be a good name for it.

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