Swap top

/ Sunday 30 May 2010 /
I spent today piecing the top for the Modify Tradition swap. We're to make a small quilt with dimensions somewhere between 12" and 24" and send it off to a mystery partner. After poring over my partner's Flickr mosaic and reading the blurb, I saw that she likes bright colours and modern fabrics on white. I hope she likes this one - it's fairly mini, only 18" square.
MT swap - centre block
It was my intention to use a lighter colour for the HSTs around the outside, in order to emphasize the starburst quality of the blue/green pieces on the edge. However these gold/white HSTs look like saltines or matzah from a distance. Tarnation - that wasn't the look I was going for! Never mind, on balance I like it and it looks very summery. It reminds me of looking into a swimming pool.

We don't have a swimming pool, but we do have a bit of a garden - thanks entirely to the efforts of Mr. Pickledish.
Poppies will put them to sleep
Two of my favourites are now in bloom: poppies and lupins.
Lupins

7 comments:

{ Unknown } on: 30 May 2010 at 16:51 said...

Love the quilt! It's gorgeous.
I adore Poppies...in any colour, though those pink are tied with the blue for favorites.

{ sewtakeahike } on: 30 May 2010 at 18:37 said...

your partner is one lucky! Love the starbust!

{ Sarah Craig } on: 30 May 2010 at 18:52 said...

Beautiful little quilt!! I love your color choices!!

{ Kristen } on: 30 May 2010 at 20:29 said...

I love the colors! In your block and the garden. Lupins are one of my favorites.

{ elle } on: 30 May 2010 at 20:40 said...

Smashing top, Lesly! It has such movement, the layers fairly dance. Like poppies!

{ ktquilts } on: 30 May 2010 at 23:19 said...

Love the quilt!!! Gorgeous poppies, (read, where could I get some?) and drools for lupines. I long to be able to grow lupines, but alas, I am cursed to kill them.

Blessings,

KT

{ Thelma } on: 31 May 2010 at 19:07 said...

Love your swap quilt, I agree, it has a summer pool feel to it, which I like!

It wasn't until I saw your pictures of the poppies that it occurred to me that I've never seen poppies in person, up close and personal!! They look so delicate.

Great pictures, as always!

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