yesterday was a beautiful late summer day and it was ideal for some catch up sewing....
the autumn jubilee mystery sew along top got assembled....
since i had my helen keller moment epiphany (w-a-t-e-r) years ago about color value, it's always uppermost in my mind with any project. this was done row by row and i used several of my pretty fall fabrics...but how to unify them? found a green in my stash and added the narrow horizontal sashing and made binding from it as well. am hoping this will pull everything together and not look too chaotic...plus it tones down some of the strong oranges too....
and this got done as well...
baby quilt for my niece, which seems totally improbable as just last week or so she was a toddler....at least that is how it seems....
since summer is lingering on, plan to catch some rays this weekend and tackle more UFOs!
Yes -- it takes a while to get comfortable with color/texture contrast but once it happens, boom! The autumn sampler is so pretty (esp. the pumpkins) and the "star is born" baby quilt will be treasured.
ReplyDeleteI think the autumn mystery quilt is beautifully unified. It sings! Loving me some fall colors. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea for a baby quilt. Isn't it odd to see those little nieces and nephews from yesterday with families of their own?
your top is coming together well and I like the baby quilt......
ReplyDeleteI have been watching the USA news avidly but then I'm not so personally involved being from the UK. It was/is quite a drama. I was interested in your thoughtful comments about colour use. So good to see such a nice seaonal quilt - we have been having warm autumn days too.
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