Monday, February 23, 2009

Another Convergence Quilt in progress

I finished piecing another convergence quilt last night. For this I used one yard of fabric I dyed using Fuchsia, Turquoise, and Periwinkle dyes (that is my favorite color combination). I cut the fabric into two inch strips and then offset the strips by about an inch and then sewed them back together. Only a true quilter would cut apart fabric only to sew it back together.)Then I turned the quilt 90 degrees, cut it again into two inch strips, offset it by one block and then sewed them back together. I love that you can still see the overall movement of the colors in the various blocks. It makes it look a lot more complicated than it actually was. It's amazing how much fabric the seams take up. I used extremely small seams but my fabric still went from 37x40 inches to 30x32 inches. I plan on squaring up the quilt and then using some navy blue fabric I dyed last night for the borders.
Here is a picture of the fabric before I cut it up.

1 comment:

  1. Love your fabric! Be sure and show us a picture of it when you are finished!

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