Slow progress on Shelter

I've been very busy with a large project at work for the last two months, which has made it difficult to get back to "Shelter." I am at the stage of building up the large turquoise section that will arc around the blue section. I started working with some strata that I had pieced back in February, but found that working with 42" strips on this larger section wasn't going to work--the pieces looked "straight" even with curved piecing. I finally figured out that I needed to work with shorter pieces and interlace them, as I'd done in a very early sample piece. So, I cut most of the existing strata and most of my fabric in half (scary! I left some uncut, just in case). I laid the strips out on a drying rack (photo above), and now in the shorter bits of time I have for quilting (given the big work project), I'm concentrating on creating more strata, rather than working on laying them out on the design wall--which takes more active mental work than I can muster right now. Here are some of the strata:


And here's a photo of some of the turquoise section, very roughly pinned up--enough done to show me that using the shorter strata is the way to go, but with a lot of pinning and re-pinning yet to be done to get this section working:

Comments

  1. Lori ReedSeptember 13, 2009 at 9:06 AM

    This is looking fabulous, Penny. I think the interlacing is really fascinating. Maybe if you were to sew a short, narrow strip of darker turquoise onto the middle of the brightest strip coming down from left to right, it would break up that brightest (dominant) strip and create more of a feel of intersecting. I'm enjoying watching this piece progress. I hope your project at work slows down so you can devote more time to Shelter!
    Lori

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  2. Heather PreggerSeptember 24, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    Penny, this quilt is going to be stunning! I love your dyed fabric, and I love what you've done so far.

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