Hello all! It’s been a while since I posted a bona fide, start to finish, made with my own two hands kind of quilt. I made this Spider Web, aka Kaleidoscope, in a fabric exchange with my Elmhurst "Piecemakers" quilt group.
The theme for our swap was “pastels.” Each participant contributed six yards worth of assorted pastel fabrics, precut into various width strips.
On the day of the swap, banquet tables overflowed with strips of every value and hue. We paraded around the room to the rhythm of the “Macarena,” snatching a strip from each table we passed. Between the festive music, hysterical laughter, and fabric flying we looked more like a drunken conga line than our usual sedate selves. "Hey, Macarena!"
After sorting and sewing our strips into sets, we used this handy 45 Degree Kaleidoscope Wedge Ruler to cut the eight segments needed for each block.
Coordinating the colors within each block was fun...
but I liked the scrappiness of mixing random strips almost as much.
Nothing went to waste. Even leftover strips found their way into my scrappy border.
I used a 1930s-style floral print on the back and bound the quilt in pink. Isn't it sweet?
SO pretty - what a fun exchange that would have been.
ReplyDeleteI remember that day well - I wonder what happened to my spider web quilt....can't remember if I finished it or what. I love how yours turned out Diane.
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