Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie
 

When I saw that painting in a book, I had a light bulb moment! Wow, that would be such a challenge to translate it into a quilt. I just finished my EQ7 advanced layout course with Fran Gonzalez at Quilt University and was up for the challenge. With the poster 25X25 of the real thing, I designed it by multiplying the patches by 2 since the painting itself is 50X50. I ended up with 48 blocks. I cannot envision making this quilt without that software. I had so much fun while doing it. Then, I did the cutting block by block. I put every pieces for one block in a file folder. Assembled all the blocks and sewed them in rows. I quilted in the ditch all the white patches. My question is now, what about the patches that are too big not to be more quilted. I have 5 or 6 white pieces that are very big, I'm afraid the batting will migrate. It's a thin 100% cotton. It's a wall hanging and I don't think I'll ever wash it. Probably vacuum it once in a while. What do you think? One more thing: I now have in my bucket list "Go to the MOMA" to see the real painting.

What creativity - I would never have thought to make it into a wall hanging. It is good that you got to put your newly acquired skills to use. I am not sure about the batting but would use one that had the largest space between quilting that is the loft you are wanting. Since it is a wall hanging I think it will be fine. If you don't feel comfortable how about some straight line quilting in white that will kind of disappear?

Outstanding. Great work.

brilliant!

Awesome!!!!! I agree with the straight line quilting, white or maybe tranparent!

nicely done

That is super cool.

Wow! That is stunning!

OUTSTANDING job. I love that so much!

wow what a different quilt

I like how you think and that you have the talent to do it!!!

It just draws you in. You did a fantastic job:)

Do some straight lines following the pattern. If you don't do something the large unquilted spots will sag frm gravity. Ask me how I know,lol. Love it

i repeat...brilliant

Beautiful. I think I would do a minimum of straight line quilting following the lines of the rectangles around the plain white spaces.

I love it!

OMG I love Mondrian and I love your quilt!!!! Awesome job!!!

What about quilting the big spaces by hand only taking the backing and the batting? Would that work? I'm afraid of not respecting the style of the painting if I put lines where it should be even. The batting I used sould be quilted every four inches. My big white piece is 14 by 8! AAAAA Merdouille (mild swearing in french!!!) Such a rookie error.

Absolutely love it! Piet Mondrian would love to see what you did.

very cool! speaks tons for the math involved in quilting. Love that you took on the challenge.
Reminds me of a Tokyo subway quilt I saw once on Oh Franson! I think.

It reminds me of a video game.. pac man! Love it!

The beauty of this board is to make us know more about quilting. Thank you Linda, I now know about Tokyo subway quilt. WOW this is too cool.

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What a fantastic quilt! Great job!

What an amazing accomplishment - thanks for sharing this terrific piece of work. Definitely go to the museum - your head will really be flying then!!

Wow, that's totally amazing!! You are a very talented lady. I think puttin in any type of stitches will alter the look you are trying to capture. I honestly don't think migrating will be an issue since it's only going to hang. If you ever do wash it, I'd opt for putting a few basting stitches in the large areas to hold it and then I'd soak it to wash and rinse, roll it in a big towel and gently squeeze out excess water. Then, take out the basting stitches and dry it flat like a sweater. If you feel compelled to stitch, I'd take a few stitches from the back and only catch the batting and backing together. Good luck, it's a work of art!!

I love Mondrian. Always have. There is such a symmetry and a cleanliness to his work that I love.

I would definitely go with straight-line quilting in the large white areas. Some horizontal and some vertical. I'm a lover of Mondrian too, and even painted a white linoleum floor into a Mondrian area rug. And definitely you should go to the museum.

If it is not to be washed, no extra quilting needed. It is awesome!!

Definitely straight lines. There's some Modern Quiltin book out now that has great examples. I've left it at my DD's so I don't know the exact name. Anyway, their quilts are very simple straight line quilting and it goes perfectly.

I love what you've done. It reminds me of the one that is the Japanese subway system (I think).

Donna

This is a fantastic quilt...well done...applause!!

Wow! That's a very, very cool quilt! Love your interpretation and colors! Kudos!

Could you put some quilt design in the blocks that are large so the batting doesn't migrate even while hung? You did a fantastic job in designing and making this.

Very nice! Great job! :)

Not knowing, but a thought came to mind... if you plan on only using it as a wall hanging, could you use elmers glue to baste top to batting in those large areas? just thinking, BTW it is fantastic!

I think this quilt is just stunning. IMHO I think you should do some interesting quilting in the big white areas. From a distance people can appreciate the color, symmetry and structure. Up close they will see the find art of quilting. Not feathers as they are so overused but something modern and unusual.

YEARS ago, I did this painting in needlepoint!!! You brought back such fun memories. You did a great job.

very nice. I would do something in the large blocks with straight lines and angles..no curves

The quilt is amazing, but I REALLY admire that you did it with EQ7......I struggle with that so, and dream of being able to use it to it's potential.

Love it - great job!

Thank you! To be able to fully appreciate that amazing software, I took the 3 courses that Fran Gonzalez gives online at Quilt University. Easy to follow and she was always there to answer if we had problem, which were few since it was so well described in the instructions we had to follow. I highly recommand that to you.