Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Re-designing.

I have now finished piecing the top of my curved paper pieced wall hanging.
Here is the wallhanging made by the class teacher.
The quilt top here is draped over the rolls of wadding in the shop so it isnt hanging straight, but you can get the idea.  
Below is how I have pieced mine together.  I had joined one block as above and I felt it was too "confusing".  I am much happier with how it is now.  If I hadnt done this in the class I probably would have used much different fabrics and it wouldnt be so "wow". I wasnt sure that I would be able to work out an alternative block arrangement - so pleased it worked out.

It is ready to sandwich and quilt - next thing is working out how I will quilt it.

12 comments:

Cheryl (aka Kayly) said...

Both quilts look great, but I love your variation.
The New York Beauty block has been on my to try list for ages. I even have the book.

Fiona said...

Oh I do love what you have done with yours... how to quilt always makes me slow in finishing off quilts....
Hugz

Anonymous said...

wow Marilyn it looks fantastic and i love the colours you have used,well done.xx

Chrissie said...

Great quilt lovely colours, must have taken ages to do

Helen said...

Great work !!!!! The colours add so much to the quilt ,well done with the layout . :-)))

Maria said...

Love your quilt,such lovely colours...

Susan said...

it sure does say "wow" - love it!

creations.1 said...

Your arrangement of the blocks is stunning!!

Pip said...

That is really beautiful, love your alternative arrangement. I'm doing a foundation pieced New York Beauty workshop in July, really looking forward to it,

Maria said...

That looks great!

Stitching Lady said...

Marilyn, thanks for stopping by and your quilt is fantastic in colours - great work - it meant a lot of stitching by hand.

Jindi's Cottage said...

It certainly deserves that wow...like your version so much better, I find the teacher's version too, busy but at the same time somehow boring...love yours...