Monday, January 23, 2017

Design Wall Monday

Remember this one?

I started Trellis Garden last year when smokey purple was the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month. I wrote about it HERE.

Trellis Garden
I was eaking this one out of smallish pieces of yardage and had to get creative with the little brown squares.  Plus I needed to calculate if I had enough of the darker purple and darker gold to extend those blocks into the border. Plus I had nothing lined up for the border fabric.  So the project has languished in the box for several months.

Now that purple is the RSC color this month, I figure it is time to finish this top.  It doesn't show well in this photo, but I am using a third brown -- one I call "brack" because it's so brown it's almost black -- to fill the space.  If I have enough I'll add a another row of the brack all around.

Hop over to Patchwork Times to see what other quilters are working on this week.


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11 comments:

  1. Joy D.January 23, 2017 at 2:51 PM

    Oooo! I really like the brack! That will be spectacular when it is finished!

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  2. gayleJanuary 23, 2017 at 4:11 PM

    Ah! I really love 'brack'! Good thing, too, since 'blown' already means something else... 8)

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  3. MarleneJanuary 23, 2017 at 4:15 PM

    I admired this quilt when you were working on it last year, so it is great that soon it will be a completed top. It looks like an easy to sew pattern, but you really need to keep track of what goes where.
    Marlene
    marlene@coveredinstitches

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  4. The Colorful FabriholicJanuary 23, 2017 at 7:58 PM

    Looks like the brack is working well to fill in the borders. I really like this one!

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  5. RhondaJanuary 23, 2017 at 8:55 PM

    This is a gorgeous quilt. It looks like the brack was the perfect solution (love the term!).

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  6. RamonaJanuary 24, 2017 at 8:40 AM

    Brack is a great choice! This quilt is so striking. I think it's because of the unusual colors. Just beautiful.

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  7. Teresa in Music CityJanuary 24, 2017 at 9:07 AM

    I do remember this one! Glad to see it come out to play again :*). And love your color "brack" - I gotta remember that one!!

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  8. The Joyful QuilterJanuary 24, 2017 at 8:12 PM

    SEW glad that you are making do with the materials on-hand!! Here's hoping you have enough "brack" for an outer border... if not, perhaps you will have enough for the binding!!

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  9. AnnieOJanuary 25, 2017 at 12:52 AM

    Wow, so beautiful. I've bought some of that color brown before but didn't know its proper name, lol

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  10. LIttle Penguin QuiltsJanuary 25, 2017 at 10:27 PM

    Those are neat blocks! Did you do a lot of fussy cutting for the centers? I find a lot of colors don't photograph well for me, especially purple, so I'm not surprised about the brack!

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  11. KateJanuary 27, 2017 at 6:19 AM

    You found a great solution to your finishing dilemma. Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

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