UFO busting - A Modern Flip

                                                    

"Wherever the Wind Blows" 

a study of positive and negative space

42.5" x 32.5" 

Back at the beginning of the year my lqg had a modern block flip meeting. We brought blocks that were traditional and we flipped them to be more modern. 

I brought different blocks and in the end only played with a few of them with other guild members. 

I had in mind a few blocks I started in a BOM a few years ago. 

These blocks were 12.5" and simple traditional shapes made as BOM for Blossom Heart Quilts HST Modern Sampler. (2016) My fabric choices were not great. I wanted to use the hand dyes I had made and I found this gray triangle fabric in a large enough quantity to go with the dyed fabrics. However, the fabrics all looked muddy and the values were too close. Also I felt like there was too much gray. 

So when I was between masking making jaunts I grabbed the blocks and decided today is the day to do something....or see if I could. 

As soon as I cut into the blocks, I saw the gray as something different and the colors began to pop. 

I hacked into 3 of the blocks pretty severely and left the centers of 3 others. I loved the new shapes forming. I noticed the negative space and the positive space were telling a story. I had to allow the gray triangle fabric to go every which way. (wherever the wind blows) There is lots of bias pieces in this method so I have some stretchy looking shapes when I quilted but I still think it works.

I think it is kind of playful. Not my usual but I think it is kind of interesting. I think it really is a good example of negative space brought out by the positive space.  I think it is a pretty good Modern Flip from where these blocks started don't you?

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