I've been having some serious fun with some new software. I bought Electric Quilt 5 (which you may have heard me mention on my podcast) and I'm addicted! I spent a little bit of time importing all the Denyse Schmidt fabrics and all the Kona Cotton Fabrics and I've been making all kinds of electric quilts.
Now I'm still hand sewing the binding onto my first quilt, so I didn't want to pictk anything too tricky for quilt number two. I figured it was risky enough that I was designing it myslef. So I found the most simple blocks I could and started messing around. So far this is my favorite design. Each block is just a square of a solid color with four pieces of the DS print in a block around it like so:
I'm thinking that I should definitely be able to do this. The only daunting thing is the finished size -- 104 in. X 104 in.
So, that's my idea for my next quilt. What do you think?
Sometimes the most simple designs can be the best. I think that block design will work well - especially if you can maybe have the colours (tonally) changing from one corner of the quilt to the other (diagonally). Please bear in mind that I have *zero* quilting experience, but an artist for a mother!
Posted by: AmyP | Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 12:19 PM
That looks great, I think it will be lovely. The software looks fun too. I often try to design quilts using Illustrator, but it's a big pain!
Posted by: Laural | Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 01:15 PM
Very bright and cheery. I like it! My mom used to quilt, someday maybe I will too. I try not to be involved in too many crafts, but they sneak up on me sometimes!
Posted by: Maryann | Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 02:13 PM
I think it looks great! I could imagine spending WAY too much time playing with that software.
Posted by: Vicki | Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 03:54 PM
I like it! Simple but very effective.
Posted by: Kate | Saturday, April 01, 2006 at 05:09 PM
Looks great and makes me want to get back to another neglected passion. Somehow I don't seem to be able to balance the three...gardening, quilting and knitting. It's all or nothing and your simple little pattern REALLY has me thinking........
Posted by: Pam | Sunday, April 02, 2006 at 05:26 AM
Very nice! :) The pattern should be easy enough. I am on my 4th quilt ever, and it is a twin size, and let me tell you the size part it intimidating....baby quilts are much more my speed.
Posted by: Adina | Sunday, April 02, 2006 at 09:37 PM
i love it! will the lines between be white as they are in the mockup?
Posted by: anne | Monday, April 03, 2006 at 09:21 AM
I like the design--very fun! I've been staring at my own pile of the new DS fabric, wondering what to do.
Posted by: Melanie | Monday, April 03, 2006 at 11:20 AM
you make me want to dust off my eq5 too. i like that design alot. simple is best sometimes.
Posted by: sharon | Thursday, April 06, 2006 at 04:18 AM
I love this design. It is so simple but very effective. I have seen a quilt in a magazine with this design and the person put a block measuring 2 blocks X 2 blocks with a simple little house and an outsized flower (naive) and it looked gorgeous.
Posted by: vicki | Friday, July 07, 2006 at 10:47 PM
It's me again, I forgot to say that they put the house block off-centre, and I think this made the quilt more interesting.
Posted by: vicki | Friday, July 07, 2006 at 10:50 PM