Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Columns

  


Back when I taught Fine Arts Survey at Bunkie High, I studied enough architecture to be able to know the columns of ancient Rome and Greece. When I was pinning earlier in the week, I discovered these drawings. Of course, I had to add them to my "architecture buildings construction edifice structure" board.

Here's the thing: now I love them for a different reason. Oh sure, the architecture is stunning, but the lines, feathers, and scrolls are all motifs that I love to include in my quilting. Studying these drawings may be helpful in preparing for my next quilt.


Strangely, I didn't see the connection back then, but now it's quite obvious. 

The quilts I'm showing aren't about the curvy quilting, they are more about the straight lines and columns. When you search for column quilts on Pinterest, the responses tend to be more about the piecing, so that's what we've got.

Almost Modern Monday

This quilt is not exactly modern, but it's not traditional either.  It's part of the Modern Theory series that I've been working on lately.  
Basically I've been trying to use up the orphan blocks and fabric pieces in the plastic container that is running over with, well, orphan blocks and fabric pieces. 

It's not brain surgery or anything, I just pull some blocks and decide what to play with.  In this case, I pulled one or two pink blocks and then pulled some pink fabrics that either matched or coordinated in some way.

To make it more modern (and to practice some long-arm skills) I decided to use some of the new quilting motifs I've been learning from my Craftsy classes.

Pebbles and ribbons...(oops, wait, the ribbons are mine)

Something with a McTavish look to it in the corners of this bowtie and ribbon candy in the bowtie.

Large scrolls...I'm fairly good at making small scrolls but as they get bigger, they get messy.  I guess I need to practice more.

 The boxes that I learned just a few weeks ago.  I played with different sizes and designs and really like these.

The little pinwheel was fun.  I echo quilted around it and turned the pinwheel parts into flower petals.

Large scrolls, feathers and ferns wrap it all up and, hopefully, tie it all together.  It's not be prettiest of quilts, but it's not bad for an almost modern.  I'm almost sure that it will make a nice little gift for a pretty little one.

Linking up with:

Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt 

Patchwork Times

Making Monday at Grace Langdon Art

Almost there! Wedding Quilt Update

And the craziness of typing with one hand continues.  

I managed to work on the wedding quilt a bit this afternoon.  The main section is complete, so all that is left are the borders and binding.  

It’s going rather quickly now that I decided what to do.  In the end I chose to continue with my original design: dropped pearls on the colored fabrics and outlining the signature squares.  Now that I’ve gotten to the borders, I’m adding scrolls and feathers to add a little formality to the quilt.

I’m hoping to finish tomorrow but it may take another day or two depending on Richard’s plans.  I’m looking forward to getting this pretty quilt to the owner.

Happy Quilting,

Mary