An article about modern quilts inspired my Space quilt. The article listed many of the hallmarks of a
modern quilt—improvisational piecing, straight-line (usually in a grid)
quilting, high contrast, and much NEGATIVE SPACE. Of course, those last two words jumped out at
me! Ah ha, I thought, I won’t go the
moon and stars and planets route, but instead will construct a modern quilt.
I twice slashed diagonally a large square of dark blue
fabric, from the top to the bottom. Then
into the two openings I pieced two other strips of batik fabrics. Then I once again slashed from the top to one
side, and into this gap I pieced yet another batik.
After then squaring up my background fabric, I layered the
quilt with batting and another piece of batik fabric. Then I straight-line quilted into the
negative space, following the lines of the pieced-in sections. Not really a grid, but oh well! I bound the quilt conventionally, using the
same fabric as the background.
This quilt is simple, but I thoroughly enjoyed the process
and look forward to someday making a larger Modern Quilt.
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| a close-up showing the quilting lines in the negative space |
Hi Alice ... Great Quilt, and a perfect commentary on "Space !" I love the simplicity, the straight lines, contrasting colors, and of course the quilting. I also enjoyed your narrative !
ReplyDeleteYou definitely should make another modern quilt. Quilting Arts may be moving along like the art movement, from traditional to realistic and now modern. It's all so exciting. I wish I'd thought of negative space!! It's so powerful. How clever Alice!
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect inspiration for our challenge! The design is wonderful and the quilting is completely appropriate to the quilt. I love it!
ReplyDeleteLove everything about this quilt Alice, from the color to the quilting, but especially the simplicity that so boldly conveys negative space. I agree that this would also make a fabulous full size quilt.
ReplyDeletelove your angles and fabric choices
ReplyDeleteThanks for the explanation of your process. This quilt shows that you are ready to try a bigger modern quilt. The colors and angles are really appealing in this quilt!
ReplyDeleteI really like your interpretation of the theme
ReplyDeleteThat is so very very pretty...I think of it when I need to dream
ReplyDeleteI was hoping someone would use negative space. You probably remember I used that for a pun quilt.😘
ReplyDeleteIt is great