Thursday, September 20, 2012

The finished top

Here is a photo of the finished top before quilting. Only a white background did justice to the fabulous colors (or black) and we liked the white better.  To begin with I named it "Funky Geometry" but after I started quilting it the name "The Trouble With Trapezoids" came to me. So that's what it's called. It's entered in the Penticton quilt show in one month's time so I'm under the gun to get it finished! I did two different geometric patterns in the borders and I'm doing overlapping trapezoid shapes in the background and the interior of the "blocks". It's truly one of a kind!


Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Ice Dyed fabrics


Here's a preview of the fabrics we ice dyed before cutting to make blocks. Our inspiration came from the book "Quilting Modern". The hard part is making those first few cuts. I like to just hang the fabrics up and admire them.