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2016 Fly Away Home
Posted by Jaye
More on the new quilt, right now being called Fly Away Home.
Here are some fabrics being auditioned for this quilt. I’m thinking the geese will fade from bright orange at the center through coral to very pale. The white/neutral background will hopefully deepen into aqua, then turquoise, toward the quilt’s edge. We’ll see how fabric selection proceeds. I tried a progression like this before (see Dwindle at https://lotuscove.wordpress.com/?s=dwindle from 2014) with only limited success.
The exception to the turquoise fade is the central “nest” block, here pinned to my design wall. The 3-d geese are easy to make, but the openings need to be pinned until the blocks are joined. Here’s a link to good instructions for constructing them:
http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/3d-flying-geese-quilt-block.html
Posted in Pieced, Quilts and Fiber Arts
Tags: 3-dimensional, art quilt, blue, coral, flying geese, machine pieced, modern quilt, orange, original design, pieced, quilt, white
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