olive my best efforts...
...went into this quilt.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha. ohhhhh.
i started this quilt months ago, and in fact it's has been finished for quite some time, though only today did i box it up for mailing. it's for the baby of a friend of mine. hope she likes olive green, magenta — i certainly don't in general, but i'm happy with the way this turned out, an experiment in working with colors outside of my comfort zone.
super-duper technical quilty bits: the center panel is composed of three blocks called memory. i adapted the block a bit to simplify the piecing, leaving me with several square-in-a-square units instead of the more difficult to match flying geese. those blocks are quilted with straight-line echo quilting in variegated thread (pink, magenta, tan, and olive) and a tiny bit of stippling here and there in orchid. the sides are simple chinese coin strips quilted with a zigzag pattern in variegated olive and magenta thread.
i always say boxing up a finished project is the hardest part. now let's see how long it takes for me to finally mail it.
Comments
wonderful. I will start (re-start) on one I'v been working (er, not) on for months.
Posted by: auntb | October 16, 2004 07:13 PM
Wow! How you do the things you do. Ok, OK, I'm inspired now and will begin beginning something.
Congrats!
Posted by: yr maw | October 17, 2004 01:08 PM
Gorgeous.
Posted by: Molly | October 18, 2004 12:52 PM
That's absolutely stunning. You do make gorgeous quilts.
Posted by: Cori | October 19, 2004 10:42 AM
thank you all! being on restricted activity does have its upside.
Posted by: julie | October 19, 2004 12:01 PM
Wow! That's a beautiful piece of work, Julie.
Posted by: paul^2 | October 19, 2004 12:23 PM
I hope you are going to show us soon the one you are making for yourselves?
Posted by: Reader | October 21, 2004 11:54 AM