Color!

A while back while we were traveling in Fairfield, Ohio, I found some colorful fabric at Seams Sew Easy. When it was my turn to have it cut, the clerk told me it probably wasn't what I thought it was. She opened the fabric and showed me that it was really 40" panels that looked painted. I loved the colors and I had waited quite a while to be helped so I took four panels. 

I have just finished the first of two quilts I'm making with this fabric. This quilt is called Color! I cut the fabric vertically (blue to green) and then into rectangles horizontally. I added two vertical strips from a second panel to make the quilt a little larger.

I used more vertical cuts for the outer border and the binding. The finished quilt is 50" by 54". 

The quilting is done with Aurifil thread, 50-weight, #2600, Dove Gray.

The backing is fabric from my stash.

Each of the 35 blocks is free-motion quilted with a different motif. I took photos of each block before laundering and I think you can see the quilting. It's still a bit hard with the colors of the fabric.

Quilting motif: Matrix Rays

Quilting motif: Swirl Meander

Quilting motif: Cat's Eyes

Quilting motif: Beads on a String

Quilting motif: Double Bubble

Quilting motif:Venn Diagram

Quilting motif: Split block with Stippling and Lazy Eights

Quilting motif: Horizontal Stipple

Quilting motif: Leaves with fill and echoes

Quilting motif: Desert Sand

Quilting motif: Pebbles

Quilting motif: Stippling

Quilting motif: Fern and Stem

Quilting motif: Wave

Quilting motif: Stomach Lining

Quilting motif: Bubble Wand

Quilting motif: Brain Cord

Quilting motif: Flowing Lines

Quilting motif: Tufts

Quilting motif: 2-Petal Flower

Quilting motif: Chrysanthemum

Quilting motif: River Path

Quilting motif: Wavy Lines using rulers

Quilting motif: Bamboo Forest

Quilting motif: Paisley

Quilting motif: Echo Shell

Quilting motif: Loose Weave

Quilting motif: Spirals

Quilting motif: ruler work

Quilting motif: Loopy Meander

Quilting motif: Feather with echoes

Quilting motif: Mesh Curtain

Quilting motif: Mario Vine

Quilting motif: Wandering Clover

Quilting motif: Straight Spiral using a ruler

Quilting motif in sashing: Lazy Eights or Wishbones
I used a walking foot to stitch 3 lines in the border.

I love the colors in this quilt as does Ray.

We haven't decided if it's going into the donation pile or staying with us.

In other news, I saw the allergist today. They did two panels of testing. However, their controls did not react. No one knows why because I do not have any antihistamines in my system. So now we are waiting on blood tests results...