Last April I began working on the Broken Dishes Quilt. It had been planned since June 2012 and I was waiting to finish the Old Stone House Quilt before beginning this piece. Looking back, I think (and hope) it was worth the wait.
The layout and colour scheme of the queen sized quilt was designed by its very patient owner. The colour scheme is very beautiful and is different from anything I have ever seen. The original intent of the design was to create a "Country Chic" quilt with purples, greys and a citron accent using organic prints. I had a very hard time finding purple patterned fabrics that I felt suited the design. This led to a very interesting compromise in design. All of the fabrics used were solids and the "country chic" theme would be met by using different free motion designs. Each "square" (2 triangles) received a quilted border and the center was infilled with an organic free motion quilting design. Every other square received a leaf "mash-up" pattern, designed by me. The remaining squares alternated between this design by Leah Day and this design by Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts (a favourite blog of mine!). The border of the quilt was quilted with a free motion pebble pattern. I envisioned that the inside of the quilt was the garden and the pebble border was the edging of the garden.
The layout and colour scheme of the queen sized quilt was designed by its very patient owner. The colour scheme is very beautiful and is different from anything I have ever seen. The original intent of the design was to create a "Country Chic" quilt with purples, greys and a citron accent using organic prints. I had a very hard time finding purple patterned fabrics that I felt suited the design. This led to a very interesting compromise in design. All of the fabrics used were solids and the "country chic" theme would be met by using different free motion designs. Each "square" (2 triangles) received a quilted border and the center was infilled with an organic free motion quilting design. Every other square received a leaf "mash-up" pattern, designed by me. The remaining squares alternated between this design by Leah Day and this design by Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts (a favourite blog of mine!). The border of the quilt was quilted with a free motion pebble pattern. I envisioned that the inside of the quilt was the garden and the pebble border was the edging of the garden.
Close-up of a free motion quilted flower.
Pebble Border
Back of the quilt. I love they way it turned out!
