Now that this one has arrived back to its owner, I can share it! This is a pattern under construction by my customer Terri, and she wanted something simple to go with the overall simplicity of the quilt, and something that wasn’t full-on custom or too boring. At first I thought I would do a zig zag to mimic the triangles, but then I thought it would be nice to have something slightly curved but still keeping some points in there. The triangles are also a little wonky, so I wanted something that has some irregularity in size and shape. The hardest part was not being uniform! I didn’t want this simplicity to look computerized or too much like a mattress cover, and I wanted to play with the improvy feel. This was the result:
I used the piecing to guide the height of my S shapes/brackets, which matched up nicely with the sizes of the triangles. I also varied horizontal and vertical shapes depending on which way the panels were oriented.
Check out that awesome back!
The triangles are the star, as they should be, and the quilting gives a nice subtle texture. Inexpensive quilting doesn’t have to be uniform or boring!
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