Friday, April 5, 2024

More Kawandi Quilts!

Greetings and happy spring rainy stormy days!  Last month, I finished Kawandi #6, but I never posted it, so I am doing that now.  I used a mostly green and blue pallet. I just really wanted to use that blue with chartreus bubbly looking fabric, but I ended up reining it in a little, which I think was a good decision. 

A couple friends came over, today, to have a sew day at my house.  It was just good to do some catching up and sewing.  I decided to make a Kawandi quilt with solid colored jelly roll strips.  I planned the layout with the solid fabrics, but I just could not do it completely solid.  Using solids is fairly new for me, as I love wild prints.  I used one, non-solid color fabric.  I really think it did come out better with my modifications.  Below is Kawandi #7!

At first, I was hesitant to put that pink in, but it really goes with the print I chose.  I made the pink strips one-quarter inch narrower than the other strips.  I think that toned it down a tick.  Also, it helped move the composition a little to the right, so it is not exactly centered.  I was excited about trying a Kawandi with strips instead of odd sizes of rectangles.  
I am considering challenging myself to use all the left-overs in another Kawandi quilt.  Just thinking . . .

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