" {the} chaos theory is... about finding the underlying order in apparently random data"- imho.com
Last night I was cleaning up my cutting table and came across a little pile of 1.5" squares. They were leftovers from piecing a bee block. I was about to start sorting them into my scrap bins, but then I stopped. And pulled out the bolt of Moda Bella white. And went to town!
I sashed all those little squares with white, then trimmed them on an angle to 4.5". There were 49 squares- how perfect was that? 7 rows of 7 squares each! I put the top together and basted it (I ♥ Sulky KK 2000 spray basting- makes my life SO much easier!). Then I debated- do I quilt it with wavy lines or straight lines? I put the question out to my Flickr friends, and they TOTALLY came through for me :)
Quiltedoma (Andrea) suggested straight lines 1/4" from the seams. Threekitchenfairies (Paloma) suggested random straight lines. Then I had a "lightbulb moment" and combined the two!
Chaos Theory is quilted with random, 1/4" spaced straight lines! I pulled out my roll of 1/4" wide masking tape and marked lines randomly, then quilted on either side of the tape.
The binding is sewn to the front. I'll do the hand sewing at a lock-in I'm attending on Saturday. Right now I need to finish Pillow talk Swap 3 and Modern Siggy Swap 2 and get them mailed out :)
Charley in the forest trimmed...........
59 minutes ago
this is awesome!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt!
ReplyDeletei love it....this way you cut the blocks and especially the quilting. perfect
ReplyDeletethis is great!
ReplyDeleteLove it , pure genius!
ReplyDeletetotally modern! totally cool!
ReplyDeleteI love how this turned out!! The whole little block going the other way is a perfect little accent!
ReplyDeleteNo surprise here--another stunning quilt you just pulled out of thin air!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you'll be binding Saturday night so I ask a bunch of questions :O)
this is wonderful...the quilting just makes it!
ReplyDeleteYep, totally awesome! The quilting is perfect.
ReplyDeleteOh! I love it!!! Great idea and the quilting is fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! I love it! Just a little taste of color and then all that beautiful white! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteMGM
What a great quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis rocks!
ReplyDeletetotally need to have this!!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous; I love the quilting on this!
ReplyDeleteThat is so amazing - and I love that one square going the other direction!!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, I love it.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely quilt and the randomness of the quilting is perfect!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt! I LOVE everything about this quilt! Going to give this a try.
ReplyDeleteI love it!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love this one! Great idea and the random lines make it even better! Thanks for sharing!
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