Wednesday 12 February 2014

A Purplelicious Top

I hope you aren't tired of purple yet, because I finished the Purplelicious top. Your comments seemed heavily weighed towards the dark colours and mixed colour border so...I decided to see what it would look like with a mixed dark purple border, but just two colours. I tried the Purple and Eggplant (Kona colours), but the Purple seemed too blue.


I finally settled on Eggplant and Hibiscus -- dark, but warmer:


Lots of partial seams for the final piecing. That and the bias edges from the improv piecing made me worried that this would be hard to keep flat, but it's looking okay so far. We'll see how it quilts. Fingers crossed!

I'm kind of liking these wonky edges. Something else to think about as I quilt this...

Hope you are having a great day!

21 comments:

  1. Looks great - i love what you did with the border. perfect

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  2. Stunning, and the border fabrics are just right.

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  3. This is one of those where I'm thinking, "Gee I wish I'd done that!" It's awesome! I like it very very much!

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  4. Oh I love what you did with it! The colors you chose look great, and I love how the orange strips extend to the edge. Can't wait to see how you quilt it!

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  5. Love it!!!
    I'll be interested to see how you quilt it...

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  6. Very clever border treatment. Luv it!

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  7. I really like this. Wonderful color choices.

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  8. Looks fantastic M-R! I love the way you broke up the two purples with little slices of orange. Adds interest to the border. Looking forward to seeing how you quilt it!

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  9. You've done it! Again! You took a great top, and made it awesome! Love this!

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  10. This looks so great! I don't use purple much in my quilts, but always like it when I see it.

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  11. This is so excellent, I wish I could see it in person.

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  12. Fabulous. I love purple and think it is highly underrated by quilters!

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  13. I love the splashes from the red sector. You achieved balance and made it look so easy when I know it is not really that easy.. I wish this was coming to my house.

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  14. I really like this. It's totally purpleliscious!

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  15. EEEEEk, it's so beautiful!!! i never would have thought of shooting the orange through the border; it's perfect and makes it a super modern border. LOVE!

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  16. It looks great! I really am going to have to give improv piecing a try.

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  17. Stunning! Can't wait to see how you quilt it.

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  18. Love the way you are finishing this off - are you entering it in the Radiant Orchid Pantone challenge?

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