Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Project Modern Challenge 2

Woah, I can hardly believe it! My yellow quilt is one of the winners of Project Modern Challenge 2! I'm super excited! All of the entries in the flickr group look amazing, so I'm really surprised I'm one of the chosen 3. Here is what I submitted:

This quilt measures 62"x50"

This quilt is called "Yellow Quilt". I was inspired by a very bold, graphic photograph I came across of a tile pattern on the side of a building. I had been wanting to make a quilt for our brown and yellow family room, so I decided to take this image and translate it into a yellow quilt. This is a color that I have not worked with much and I wanted to really challenge myself. My process started with pulling the original photo into a CAD program and drafting a pattern for the quilt over the photo. I then took the drawing and 'colored' it with several different schemes in Illustrator until I came up with one I liked. With my color scheme in hand I ordered 10 different kona solids from the yellow palette. I didn't end up using all of the solids, I really wanted to add some prints for a bit more of the fun, modern feeling that I was going for. It was really hard to find fabrics that gave me the feeling I wanted and were truly monochromatic. The solids range from the palest wheat-yellow to a deep ochre, and the prints are all yellow on yellow and simple dots. It was really fun and challenging to make a quilt with a limited palette like this, and it has given me a lot of confidence that I can step out of my comfort zone and come up with an end result that I am really proud of.



I'm just still kind of blown away and in shock. Thanks Malka (The Challenge 2 Judge)!

13 comments:

  1. Yay, Jill! LOVE your quilt. Congratulations!!!

    -susan

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  2. Congrats!!! It's a beautiful color choice and layout. Love it!

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  3. Congratulations!! Knew it would be a winner ~ I was blown away when I saw it live ~ it's a gorgeous quilt!!

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  4. Great job! Way to represent the guild! I can not wait to see this in person; the quilting looks amazing!

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  5. I just came across this on Flickr and was totally blown away. Just wanted to stop by and let you know this quilt is too fantastic for words!

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  6. Congratulations!!! So nice to see one of the PMQG members win again. Lovely quilt.

    C

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  7. Having been to Paducah, KY I can truly appreciate the awe this masterpiece inspires. My breathe eases as I gaze into the infinite beauty that is this quilt. Bravo!

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  8. This quilt is just amazing! Congratulations!

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  9. This is wonderful Jill! I remember when you brought in to show us at the block of the month at Cool Cottons! An extraordinary quilt! A well deserved win!

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  10. This is an absolutely awesome quilt! Wish I could see it in person.

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  11. What a wonderful quilt! I read your post on the whole drafting process...wow! You have a talent, that's for sure!!

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  12. id like to buy it or have you make me one :) just like it!

    gledia.t@gmail.com

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