Hoop Quilts Pattern now available. (PDF Download or the Printed Pattern)
I have so many ideas for Hoop Quilts, and I finally found a little time to put needle and thread together for this one. Improv piecing. Combining this technique with the modern black and white prints of Me+You Indah Batiks had been calling to me.
The pie shape of each Drunkard's Path block utilizes improv. I was able to use the bright colors in contrast with black solid to make a block slightly bigger than the curved template. Positioning and direction of the curve template on top of the block could drastically change how the pieced looked. I was going for a crystallized look.
After piecing the quadrants together, I used matchstick quilting in the solid black area. It really gave it great texture. Thanks for the help IG!
Add some hand stitching in the color areas....
And, poof! It has that added pop needed to make it shine. I love using elements in the prints as hand stitched designs or echoes in the solid areas.
I have so many ideas for Hoop Quilts, and I finally found a little time to put needle and thread together for this one. Improv piecing. Combining this technique with the modern black and white prints of Me+You Indah Batiks had been calling to me.
The pie shape of each Drunkard's Path block utilizes improv. I was able to use the bright colors in contrast with black solid to make a block slightly bigger than the curved template. Positioning and direction of the curve template on top of the block could drastically change how the pieced looked. I was going for a crystallized look.
After piecing the quadrants together, I used matchstick quilting in the solid black area. It really gave it great texture. Thanks for the help IG!
Add some hand stitching in the color areas....
And, poof! It has that added pop needed to make it shine. I love using elements in the prints as hand stitched designs or echoes in the solid areas.