In the last post I took you through the first steps — sketching and color selection — in the design process for my Not So Straight and Narrow Quilt.
Not So Straight and Narrow Quilt
I ended up choosing five colors of fabric in addition to the Prints Charming print as the basis for my blocks. I created one block in each color, incorporating the piecing principles that I had I decided on during the sketching phase. Here are my first six blocks in color.
And, here they are in black and white.
I was very happy with the decisions I had made regarding the piecing. The blocks were looking nice overall, but I was a little iffy on the colors (especially the coral) and what this was going to look like en masse. I hated to make an entire quilt and then decide it was over the top. Here’s where technology can really be your friend. I took the above photo of the six blocks in color and made up an entire virtual quilt using Photoshop.
This convinced me that I should continue on my current path, so I sewed up the remainder of the 56 blocks for this queen-sized quilt.
I hope you all have a great weekend and join me again here next week for the final installment or two on the making of this quilt!
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Great idea to do some initial design testing before going further. And I love the way you did it, with the first set of blocks, then looking at them in black and white, and then doing a mock-up in PS. Definitely need to do this more, especially in the initial stages before I have too much time invested in a project that doesn’t feel right.
What a great way to play with the layout. If you didn’t have Photoshop this could easily be done in Flickr by creating a mosaic or even in word by repeatedly pasting the same photo of a sheet.
Wow, Amy, what a stunning quilt design. I love it! I think you are right, that it could be made in a number of fabrics and still have the feel of the original. And how great that you can test out the look in PS! You really have your design process down! Great job.