Furrows

For a wall hanging, this little quilt has a lot of hours in it.  I'm glad I invested the time though, especially in the straight line quilting.  The name of the quilt comes from all those little paths created by the often spiraling lines.

 

I loved every minute of the improv piecing, but the whole thing definitely came to life with the quilting, for me.  I love how all those separate fabrics pieced together suddenly become a single cloth when they are quilted together.

Every piece of this 26 x 30 quilt is a scrap from my bins.  The blue and green stripes of color were trimmings from this quilt.  I even pieced the back and binding from scraps.

 

 

I had a full bin of neutrals I never knew how to use, but, as I said before, Krista's quilt really inspired me to experiment. The pieced, neutral sashing creates all these subtle shapes in the background, and I think they make this quilt really interesting.

 

I'm linking up to Jennifer's Modern Mini Challenge.  I'm thrilled to be a finalist.  Check out all the gorgeous entries here.