pas de deux: the finale

I absolutely loved this adventure!

I thoroughly enjoyed exploring Rachel’s fabulous pattern, pas-de-deux-bom. There is so much scope for creativity and I’ve had great fun playing with colour and value.

It all began with a rainbow fabric pull, which certainly changed over the first few months as other sections were added. Following Rachel's excellent monthly suggestions, I fine-tuned things and made a point of adding in lighter shades of cream/pink florals to create some visual space and project a softer ethereal-like look!

Super happy with how these ensembles all look together now. It's a scrappy, sparkling quilt, and I think what really helped was the cohesive nature of the Anna Maria Horner’s fabrics which I mixed in with my other fabrics. The dark value elements jump out, while the medium and low value elements offer layers of pattern to explore as the eye continues to wander.

Texture is such a satisfying aspect of a quilt finish, don't you think? For the quilting I chose a clean, diagonal straight line, called Mirage. With so much to visual energy already on offer, this quilt didn’t need anything complicated. This simple edge-to-edge quilting pattern brings a hint of unity and allows the patchwork to speak for itself.
This wasn’t one of the most complex quilting requests I made of Leeanne, {from quiltmekiwi} but for me, who doesn’t enjoy machine quilting, it still seems difficult to pull off on a king size quilt. Hooray for quilting-by-cheque! 

The quilt back is a fabulous Tula Pink print, 'Wonder'. And for my binding I chose 'Social Climber' by AMH, the teal blue with its large-scale floral design breaks up nicely in the narrow segments of the binding. It's lighter than I would usually use, but I love how those intermittent roses draw out the 'pops' of citrus yellow in the main quilt. And {wink wink} it was really the only fabric I had enough of to bind this big quilt with! Finished quilt measures approx. 64" x 77". 

Now how about an even closer look ...

- my perfectly imperfect 'still point' ensemble, the trickiest one in the quilt!

- binding close-up

Linking up with Kelly for 'NTT' here and with Wendy for 'peacock party' over here

and with Cynthia here for 'oh scrap'

Until next time, Linda