And Then THIS happened ... Introducing UKIYO

When I finished the quilt top for Pandemonium,

I took all of the scrappy leftover orphans 

and stuck them up on my second design wall.

And there they have stayed.

Until yesterday.

I want to layout the tumblers for the Dr. Seuss quilt

so I really needed this mish-mash

 to become something coherent

or go back into a project box.

Ultimately deciding against the project box,

I started designing the scrappy backing

for Pandemonium.

Things were trimmed to even widths and sewn end to end

before being cut to 80" lengths.

More bits and pieces were sewn together

to create the two scrappy 'panel' sections.

It was at this point I realized there was nearly enough

scrappy leftover business to make the entire back 

without using any of the planned yardage.

(pink flowers on black -

see first photo)

OR this could become a truly asymmetrical quilt top

which totally fits the current AHIQ challenge.

Hmmmmm . . . .

I pulled out the Pandemonium quilt top

and realized I didn't want to use the scrappy back;

 so I checked my stashed backing yardage

and happily discovered the piece on the left.

(City View by Michael Miller)

These two were meant to be together.

So it was full speed ahead 

to create a scrappy quilt top . . . 

By the end of the afternoon,

this flimsy had happened.

I've named it UKIYO

which means 'living in the moment,

detached from the bothers of life.'

The name couldn't be more true -

I left our lunch dishes in the sink

and forgot to finish the two loads of laundry

that were underway.

The top measures 55" x 71"

and I'd need to sit and study it to know

how many previous quilts are represented

by its many, many fabrics.

When I visited the backing stash again, 

I chose this print, not knowing at first

that the yardage was already cut/seamed together.

Better yet, it was even large enough to use as is.

After a quick glance at the stash,

I chose this Kaffe zig zag for the binding.

It is refolded here - I plan to cut it lengthwise

rather that across the WOF to get

a more interesting binding.

And this was all that was leftover . . . 

just enough to make a reversible mug mat.

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Whew . . . I never saw all THAT coming!

Quiltdivajulie

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“Every so often change your palette.  Introduce new colors and discard others.  You will gain knowledge of color mixing and your work will have added variety.”

Kenneth Denton