Here's my final one, Autumn Kimono Quilt. All three of them were made from the Bargello Kimono quilt pattern by Castilleja Cotton.
Autumn can be all red and orange and yellow and purple, but it can also be the subdued oranges and greys of a rainy day. At any rate, I took my color palette from the border fabric.
The blacks in here make for a dramatic look. A little color keeps it from being too dreary.
More color in the bottom, and a closer look at the background fabric. For quilting, I stitched in the ditch on some of the columns, then did echo diagonal quilting on the background. I did different quilting on each of the quilts.
Closer look at the focus fabric in the border. For the binding, I used black fabric with tiny gold metallic dots. You can sort of see it in the upper right and lower left.
The back.
The label.
Now I'm in the mood to make another one, after all. Not winter, though. I think it will be modern fabrics. I have a friend that is going to make one of these kimono quilts some day. I will if she will. Maybe we should go fabric shopping together.
You are on!!! I like the idea of modern fabrics too....could this work using the Zen Chic collection? Looking at your autumn quilt, I think the secret is having a wide range of hues from very light to very dark. Chris
ReplyDeleteHey Chris, yes, Zen Chic would work great. Take it along when we go shopping. And you're right about needing lights, mediums, and darks for the bargello to come alive. Of the three kimono quilts I made, I think this Autumn one was the most successful. I can't wait to see what we come up with in a modern vein!
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