Colour My World Grey

Happy Halloween, all! I have no idea where October went, but here we are, one of my favourite days of the year! It's also the last day for OctoberQuest at TGIFF! so get those finishes linked up before midnight to be eligible for the two gift certificates from Mad About Patchwork.

This is the first colour in a few months for the Colour My World Challenge that I've been really excited about. Well, I wasn't excited at the beginning of the month, but I was once I got a fun design idea. I suspect some of the excitement may be due to sleep deprivation, but we're going with it!

This month I wanted to use machine-pieced curves -- drunkard's path block, to be precise. Previous attempts to do precise machine-pieced curves have not gone well, but it's one of my goals for this year.  I even used EQ to design it (with only a little lot of cursing this time).

Grey Challenge in EQ

I used four tones of grey solids. The piecing went okay, but it is wonky at some of the points. Also there's a lot of bulk at the points (probably why the curves for most drunkard's path blocks don't go right to the seam -- lesson learned). I still need more practice, but at least I'm closer to being able to make this.

Once my little challenge piece was pieced (ha ha), I played with some quilting designs using trial quilting sheets. Originally I wanted to do some wind effects, in honour of Hurricane Sandy, but as I played around with the designs, this is what came up.

Colour My World Grey - Front

I used white and grey Aurifil, as well as some black Coats and Clark, to play with value in the quilting too. Once again, taking the time to play with the quilting designs using the trial quilting sheets paid off and I'm very happy with the quilting.

Quilting Detail

Quilting Detail

Quilting Detail

 And the back...

Quilting Detail - Back

As with my other challenges, this one is 14.5" by 14.5", with a zig zag stitch finish until the other challenges are done.



Next month's colour is blue! Let's see if I can get the info post up sooner than the 22nd this month. ;)

Linking up with Lynette at What A Hoot! for OctoberQuest with TGIFF!

And since this is something I've been working on this week, I'm linking in to WIP Wednesday at The Needle and Thread Network and to W.i.P. Wednesday at Freshly Pieced. 

Blessed Be!