quilting

i'm making a quilt for the yet-to-be born baby of a person who i am pretty sure doesn't read this blog, so i'm not really that worried about ruining the surprise.

so far i have most of the piecing done, except for a simple border. here's what the back looks like:

i'm really enjoying this process (even to the detriment of some other projects. whoops.) because it is very precise and careful and structured and takes some consideration of angles and seam allowances and whatnot but you don't really have to plan if you don't want to. i guess what i mean is that the final result is dependent on working carefully, not planning carefully.  it's a nice change of pace from woodworking and tailoring and the way i approach art pieces and pretty much all the other things i work on.

my only thought going in to this piece was that i wanted there to be a chevron pattern as a main component. after that was done, i thought some diamond check would make a nice pairing. and then i thought it was looking pretty symmetrical and that it would be fun to see if i could piece a circle. so i did those things. no biggie.

here's a picture of all the circle pieces:

in the end, the circle needed some modification to deal with a pooch-ey center, but that was kind of a fun challenge.

i'm already trying to figure out how i can include more of this kind of work in my artistic sewing projects but i wonder if i will still enjoy this once i get to all the hand sewing...

more pictures as i move along.