Pandemonium - an Update

After a bit of tinkering and rearranging,

this was the way Pandemonium looked on the design wall.

Still not loving this . . . 

(a) Backgrounds around the two broken dishes blocks are too light

(meaning I unstitched them for a do-over)

(b) The scrappy-framed block (bottom) and combination block (top) 

just don't fit the evolving "vibe" of the top

(meaning both were edited from front to scrappy back)

and

(c) and there is no "singing" going on when I look at this

whether in real life or in photos.

(meaning it was time to stop and ponder some more)

As I pondered, I remembered the 12 paper-pieced arcs

from my class earlier this year with Sarah Bond.

(any plans to make enough of these for a lap quilt

evaporated a long while ago)

I quickly laid the arcs on three different pink fabrics - 

oh, yes - these need to be brought into the mix.

So I cut twelve 8.5" squares and used a small zig zag stitch

to machine appliqué the arcs to their backgrounds.

And after more editing, more unstitching, 

and more re-arranging, I do believe I have found my layout.

The next challenge will be fitting it all together.

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The current AHIQ challenge 

involves symmetry v. asymmetry.

I had thought I would work toward asymmetrical

with this orphan block project, but in the end

I have come back to a gently off-balance symmetry.

That really doesn't surprise me -

I have never been able to force a quilt 

to become something it didn't want to be.

The scrappy quilt back will likely 

become a very different story.

I am quite sure it will qualify for

 the asymmetrical aspect of the challenge.

Time will tell.

Quiltdivajulie

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“I don’t think I will ever get tired of wearing pink.”

Emma Bunton