When I saw this week's Project Quilting 17.4 Of Another Era challenge, the first thing that popped in my mind was art deco. Maybe it was from the quilting I was working on for my mystery quilt. Or maybe from some paper patterns I had tucked away. Rob pitched a few other ideas at me and we brainstormed for a bit. But as Thursday rolled around and nothing grabbed me, I pulled out the paper piece pattern and settled on a mug rug.
I have some teal fabric I've been wanting to use, so I settled on teal, black and gold. The paper pieced fans aren't quite art deco, but close enough to fit the bill. Each square is four inches. I knew I wanted to set it on point and nestle them next to each other... so the rest of the layout kind of grew from that.
I still have some lovely shiny rayon thread from my sister's quilt, which seemed the perfect thing to quilt it. Added a flange binding with some more teal and it's done!
As I was playing with layouts, I set the four pieces facing each other square. Looks pretty cool! I may have to enlarge the blocks and do this as a quilt pattern! (Some time in the future when I have nothing else to do.... LOL.)
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Persimon Dreams - Project Quilting 17.4
Quilting & Learning - What a Combo! - I Quilted This
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What an elegant design! And beautifully executed.
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