Look familiar? This is the 2nd quilt I've made in these colors using Emily Cier's pattern "Discontinuity". I took her class way back in January of 2013, and made this baby quilt (which gave to Olivia).
At the time, I was so tired from piecing all those 723 pieces together that I really didn't want to put much effort into quilting it. So, it is just stitched in the ditch. (BORING!)
I really loved the look of this pattern, but the piecing method left me cold. I had ordered enough fabric to make the quilt into a twin size, and it seemed a waste not to use it. So, I tried to apply a log cabin approach to the piecing, like I did with Emily's "In the Groove" pattern (see my quilt here). I reported about the log cabin piecing of Discontinuity 2 here (only one step down seam!). Then the quilt top sat in a box until about 2 months ago.
My husband's cousin had her first baby in January. Said cousin is very modern, loves art, loves modern art, AND she had a baby girl. It seemed fortuitous that this quilt should be finished for her. But, I couldn't just SID, NO!! Any time saved having a quilt top already pieced had to be channeled into the quilting process! So I quilted a different motif for each color. This was made possible by using the log cabin method of piecing. I'm not sure it would have the same effect if I had made it using the approach in the original pattern.
This time around, I also found the perfect backing!
I love the texture all that quilting gives, and I hope the baby does too.
Thanks for reading today,
Jen
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Beautiful quilt!! LOVE the color combo! The quilting is beautiful and the backing fabric! YUMMY!!
ReplyDeleteHi!!!!! Beautiful!!!! Love it all!!!! The quilting is fabulous!!!! Wonderful for a baby girl!!!! Looks like they made the backing fabric for your quilt!!!! That was nice of them!!!!! Beautiful!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow!!! This is gorgeous! The colours and placement is perfect too! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
ReplyDeleteThat is so beautiful! I love the colors and the quilting.
ReplyDeleteYour quilting is beautiful! As someone very new to quilting I'm always amazed!!
ReplyDeleteThis turned out awesome! Obviously it was waiting for just the right purpose, and for you to be ready to do this amazing quilting. Lucky baby girl!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt. I love the way you have all the different quilting in the different colors. That backing is so perfect.
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan of modern quilts and this is no exception. the colours are really vibrant and I think the different quilting patterns for each section work really well. A lucky baby girl in deed!
ReplyDeleteCool! So much to look at! Love it! Your version of Groovy is pretty cool as well. I haven't seen this pattern in long time.
ReplyDeleteIt is gorgeous. great design, great colors, great quilting.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous! I mean the first one was beautiful, but this... just WOW!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I especially love the quilting/texture in the light purple sections. It looks great!! What a lucky baby..
ReplyDeletewow - such an amazing quilt. The colours are brilliant and the design is genius :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's stunning Jen, you HAVE to take newbie references off your blog !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am laughing because once I know how many pieces or how much time something takes, I sort of lose interest. If I just putter along, I'm fine. So I'm not sure I'd ever making this pattern knowing how many pieces are involved! Great job. I have some fabric that I need to do "part 2" on for the same reason. Thanks for the encouragement to use that pretty fabric up!
ReplyDeleteOh wow this is gorgeous! From the colors to the different quilting motifs to the backing, this one is really special.
ReplyDeleteLove it! And I think your new method of piecing it worked well.
ReplyDeleteIt looks fantastic. Nice colors, shape and beautiful quilting.
ReplyDeleteFicou lindo! E realmente o tecido da parte de trás combinou demais!
ReplyDeleteBeijos