Tessellations II

I've noticed that a few of you have started making Tessellations II (I've been peeking at blogs!!), so I thought you might like to see some close-ups of this quilt - and the detail in the fussy-cutting

Helen emailed me to say that there was some confusion in the instructions - my reply to her was that this is a very simple quilt... 4 shapes:  a hexagon; a square, a diamond and a triangle, all with 2 1/2 inch sides.  Start in the centre and add your shapes one round at a time, auditioning fabrics and colours as you go.  Don't get too far ahead, as you may change your mind.  I changed from cool tones to warm tones with each round to give maximum contrast and to make each round "pop".  (The pink and yellow fabrics being the warm tones, and the blue and green fabrics being the cool tones.  The white with black spot acts as a neutral to separate the colours)

The book shows the addition of each round of fabrics and the direction for fussy-cutting in the coloured step-by-step instructions.  When I teach this quilt in a class, students only have a black/white graph of the quilt with heavier lines to mark the "rounds" where the colours change from cool to warm.
Have fun with fussy-cutting this one!

Mrs Vigors Medallion

Kerry emailed about the pattern pieces "A, B & C" on page 28 for this quilt.  I've had a look and there is a little overlap of piece A over piece B on the sketch but I feel this is insignificant. My preference would be to trim the excess off piece A. If you are photocopying the pattern and paper piecing it, remember to cut your pieces inside the marked lines to allow for the thickness of the fabrics.

Detail of the corner cut-out at the bottom of the quilt, made for a 4-poster.  I am using this quilt on a queen-sized, black iron bed at our farm at the moment and the centre, including the wide blue border, fits perfectly on the bed top and the country colours suit the setting!

I paper-pieced the central mandala and foundation-pieced the circle of triangles, and then appliqued these to the background.

Detail of the top section, which doesn't have the cut-outs.  If you are not making this quilt for a 4-poster bed, you could finish the other corners in the same way.