GREEN 2020

Viridis 

24" x 24"

Traditional foundation pieced strings

Simple diagonal-ish unmarked free motion 

quilting lines with Glide thread in Kiwi.

Reverdie

24" x 24"

Liberated strings foundation pieced

onto varying size blocks

Quilted with liberated unmarked free motion all over fans

using Glide thread in a dark green.

In the words of the Sesame Street learning song,

"one of these things is NOT like the other . . . "

Such a great way to show that there's

more than one way to use strings in a quilt.

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These are my entries for GREEN 2020,

the annual challenge for this coming November's

Davies Manor Quilt and Fiber Art Show.

Hopefully conditions will allow the show to be held . . . 

Quiltdivajulie

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“Stories move in circle. They don't move in straight lines. 
So it helps if you listen in circles.”
Deena Metzger

Introducing Reverdie

While I wait for  my shoulder and neck to recover

I pulled out the blocks for Viridis,

my WIP for this fall's GREEN challenge

at the Davies Manor Quilt Show.

Here they are on the design wall

along with yardage I chose for the backing.

I've been reading the posts on Instagram

from Jill Fisher (aka Pie Lady Quilts) 

and this particular quilt of hers named "Over There" 

totally grabbed my attention.

Hmmm . . . I'm already making 

a traditional string quilt for the challenge.

What if I make a second string quilt

but make it in a seriously liberated manner?!?

I made a quick sketch and came up with 

these not-all-the-same block shapes.

I'll use their reverse side as foundations

since this will be a 24" x 24" wall quilt

and I won't mind the extra weight.

I rummaged around and found the last trimmings from

the Tula Pink backing of Awaken for the accent strips.

Next I pulled out a selection of greens for the strings.

(note: since the March kitchen table quilt - Bonheur - 

is still waiting to be quilted, we've been using 

Awaken's reverse side on our table this month)

I pulled the Laurel Burch piece (lower left)

 from the pile and use it for the liberated snowballed corners.

I've named this quilt-in-making Reverdie

which essentially means the re-greening

that happens each spring.

Here's a better explanation from page 65 

in the book GREEN by Michael Pastoureau.

Finally I pulled out another piece of yardage

to use for the backing.

Oh, yes - this one will be FUN!

Quiltdivajulie

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“Who else wants to shut off their phone, drive to the beach, forget everything, and just listen to the sound of the waves crashing?”
Unknown

GREEN 2020 - Viridis Begins

Lynne gave me this book -  GREEN: The History of a Color

 by Michael Pastoureau for Christmas last year.

Little did she know that green was to be the subject of

this year's challenge for the Davies Quilt Show.

I really like the definition of VIRIDIS - 

"everything that is green or pertains to the color green."

Seems like a terrific name for a quilt.

Little Man kindly shared his cold with us

when he was here last weekend,

so I didn't feel much like standing and cutting squares

for the back of the 70s quilt (or much of anything else).

Instead, I pulled out these green strings

and some 1" (cut) strips of pink and started playing.

(because this will be a 24" x 24" wall quilt, I'm not 

bothered about the weight of sewing onto muslin squares

that will remain inside the finished quilt)

A few hours later I had sixteen 6" (finished) string blocks.

(I have put them away for the time being

until there is space to arrange them on the design wall,

so the layout you see here is not the final one)

Considering how gray and rainy 

and just plain dreary it was outdoors,

these happy greens definitely lifted my spirits.

Now if only they could cure a cold . . . 

Quiltdivajulie

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“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Robert McCloskey