Broad Perspectives

September brings about a positive

change in the temperatures.

Hopefully, the oppressive heat

of summer is over,

and the cooler temperatures of fall are 

on their way. 

 

That always brings a renewed enegry 

and broader perspectives.

September's show and tell is 

all about that broader perspective, 

broad wide borders!

 

 This quilt was a variation of

the North Wind pattern.

80" x 92"

1992

One of the ways I would encourage 

new quilters to feel comfortable choosing

fabrics and colors was to have them 

look for a large print and let

the fabric lead them to the perfect color choices.

Using the large floral border as a tool,

makes it easier to create a palette.

As more and more fabrics 

were becoming available at this point in time,

it was fun to select several fabric for each color family,

which was the beginning of a "collection".

This is obviously a quilt from the 90's.

Mauve and country blue are the stars.

Notice the other dating clues,

the pin dot which is fading just a bit.

And there's probably Jenny Beyer's original piece

of eyelash fabric.

 

Pretty sharp points without all the newer

methods for creating half square triangles.

Back then, I hand quilted everything.

The 8 inch wide floral border made a perfect

opportunity to quilt this wide cable design.

It really shows up on the back.

Before I started putting a separate label on the back,

I embroidered my name and date on the front lower right corner.

I'm glad I did that because

there would be absolutely no way I could remember

when I made this.

Another wide bordered quilt is this

Kaleidoscope pattern

 80" x 94"

2003

The large border fabric had a definite Asian feel and

I used it exclusively in the quilt along with a single background fabric.

 Without picking other pieces of fabric to 

bring out the colors, I let the large print

 do all the work.

This block has 12 points coming together in the center.

 

 I was continuing to hand quilt and 

on this 8 inch wide border I chose the Baptist Fan design.

 My labels had moved from the front of the quilt

to the back so I could include more information.

And to make them more secure, the label was added 

before I quilted.

 September is a month that brings a different

viewpoint and opens up new possibilities, 

just like those large prints

 opens up color opportunities. 

Until Next Time-