Creating Moonstruck — Making the Design into Something I Could Sew

In my previous post I showed how I developed the design (below) for Moonstruck.

With the overall design done, I next had to figure out how I could make this into a quilt top.  My plan was to use the rust-dyed fabric in the smaller circles (the Moons).  For the larger arcs, I planned to use an alternating green and blue gradation of over-dyed rust fabric–from light in the upper left to dark in the lower right.  The Moons were the focus and the arcs the background. Continue reading

Creating Moonstruck — Initial Design

My quilt Moonstruck recently returned home after a long trip with the Rust-Tex Collection, including its debut at the Spring International Quilt Festival in Chicago (2010) and a visit to England for the Festival of Quilts (photo from the show below, Moonstruck is the blue and green one).

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