I love it! Your son has such a great personality it sounds like. What a wonderful relationship you have with him.:)
fatsewcat
01-18-2018 12:38 PM
Originally Posted by Ariannaquilts
(Post 7982022)
I agree that it is an absolutely awesome quilt but how long did it take you to collect all the fabrics for it? Also is it to be appliquéd on to basically a foundation?
We actually started collected the fabric several years ago because he was supposed to help me work on the project so it would sit until he was ready to help. It is being paper pieced.
fatsewcat
01-18-2018 12:39 PM
This made me snicker because I am in the same 'bucket'.
fatsewcat
01-18-2018 12:49 PM
Originally Posted by Teen
(Post 7982339)
Wow!! This is incredible, so far. Did you actually use a color wheel when you selected fabrics or is this a kit? I ask because this would really challenge me in terms of color gradation, which I suck at. Lol!
your son is a little rascal! Lol!
No color wheel, pattern or kit. He was with me at the fabric store some years back and asked if we could make a quilt "Together". So I told him sure, pick out you some fabrics, he started with the red and worked his way through the rainbow picking out fat-quarters. From the initial collection, we added more along the way because he wanted the colors to blend better. At the time, we had NO idea what were going to make but that we were going to work on it "together". Over time, it grew to 32 colors and I asked him what he wanted to do with it and he said lets make it round like a color wheel. So I played with it in my quilt program until i came up with something, at his prompting we changed a few things, and at one point we had it going in a large spiral and that's when he told me now twist it back and forth a few times. We eventually ended up with a final pattern, which I am paper piecing so in hopes that it all line up correctly. With 32 spokes, circles and color, it has been quite the project to keep track of. The system so far is working great though.
The gradation was challenge, especially for me because I would get one spot the way I liked it and end up with another area that I thought it needed to blend better but I stepped back and let him chose when to add or subtract and where. He's happy with where it is going and that's what counts.
fatsewcat
01-18-2018 12:54 PM
Originally Posted by quiltingshorttimer
(Post 7982935)
that is just awesome! did you use a pattern or design it yourself?
Thank you. Between him and I we came up with the pattern ourselves but it follows the round bargello style quilts to some degree. We aren't duplicating any of the spokes (as I have been calling them) around the circle. There are 32 spokes, 32 colors, 32 rings from center out. I didn't know about the wedge rulers before I started this project so I am paper-piecing this project and so far. . . I'm loving it.
fatsewcat
01-18-2018 12:58 PM
Thank you! Don't look too closely than because this was definitely done by amateurs. LOL. Son was 12-14 when we started this process, he will be 21 next month. I am ready to collect again for another one though.
fatsewcat
01-18-2018 01:01 PM
Thank you all for your words of kindness and encouragement. I appreciate all of you who stopped by and shared. It is definitely turning out to be a favorite of mine. I have had several (outside of here) ask for a pattern so I am working on something. Never thought it would be that popular, but I think it is cool that it is. Thanks again everyone!
