As we know I found this amazing fabric print (Alison Glass, Art Theory) online and I thought it was beautiful, I really love the concept so I decided to try and make it a quilt top.
I started off by drawing different size blocks and the hardest part was the middle section, I liked the wat it look when it was quite small (about 1/4'') but I knew that would be a total nightmare to try to make so I drew a 1/2'' middle section moved on to sewing it up because as we knew what works on paper doesn't always translate to fabric
First I tried to strip piece it using scrap fabric from my stash, I sewed together alternative colour and background fabric.
The first attempt is the one on the left - the red fabric was all different widths and the grey was 1/2 wide when sewn.
Although I still liked the look I still thought the grey looked to wide, so using more of the same fabric I sewed it together with the grey finishing at 1/4'' wide and I liked this look much better.
I chose to make the block with the split down one side because I thought that would be the hardest part (and I was right) and I wanted to know it if was possible and let me tell you trying to match the different sides together was a nightmare but I think it was worth it, this type of block will stand out in the quilt and make it a little bit different.
This is the part where I discovered that the pattern already existed.
Alison Glass obviously had the same thought I did about this being a beautiful quilt top and designed a pattern which is available to buy in loads of different places.
I decided to go my own way and carry on designing my own version before I knew of this one.
The only part I took into consideration is that this pattern is made using foundation paper - something which I have not done before but I thought I would give it a shot to see how it went.
Check out Part Two so see how I got on.
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