Blue Wave

"Blue Wave" - paper pieced, machine free motion quilted. 12"x12".  Completed on Jan 26 2020, for Project Quilting season 11 - Team Colors challenge 

My team is DEMOCRATS. 

I drafted my own wave pattern because I didn't want to use the traditional wave created with a snails trail  like this: 

They do look like waves, but I wanted a gentler angle (not 45 degree)   so I drafted something like this:   This is just my first sketch.  I don't have the final version because I used it as my foundation for paper piecing:  

After piecing, I machine quilted all over with the word 'vote'

I'm team Democrat in the upcoming elections - I hope there is a blue wave, but I also would be fine with squeaking by with a small majority.  Just win.  Watching the GOP obstruct a fair trial in the impeachment hearings, I want them all out.  

VOTE! 

peace
Paula

2020

17"x9" faced quilt,  Paper-pieced numbers exploring the concept of color transparency.  Quilted in 6 colors.   Completed for Project Quilting Season 11, challenge 1.


This small quilt was an exploration of transparency,  both in overlapping colors and dark/light transparency.  So the green '2' overlapping the yellow '0' turns light green  (color transparency)  and the blue '0' turns darker blue when it is on the black background.  However there is no actual overlapping going on.  This is all done with color and is paper pieced. 

I started with number patterns from Hunters Design Studio 'Quilt Talk' book, and traced then colored in how these might overlap.

Next I pulled the different shades of color fabric.  I didn't have exactly what I needed, so I made do with this:  










Then I had to transfer the lines to the actual pattern and I colored in the pattern so I would get the colors right.  This was more complicated that it sounds because paper pieced patterns are backwards. 

Finally I started quilting this (with an hour to go for the Project Quilting deadline!)  Why I decided that that needed 6 different colors of quilting is something I'm going to blame on Teri Lucas and her announcement of her new color quilting book coming out this year.   (image before quilting - also added black and white quilting in those background areas) 

I would do this again but make it much bigger and get the right dark red for the lower left corner (that one doesn't stand out from the black - oh VALUE my nemesis) 

Happy New Year everyone! 
Peace, 
Paula