Dressing Up - a modern tile qal

"Dressing Up"

Modern Tile Pattern by Mell Meyer 

27"x 27"

made from upcycled textiles  

hand appliqued shapes on all the blocks

hand quilted with big stitch in med gray

I used all black or black gray textiles. I have always wanted to do dark on dark and thought by making this pattern smaller I could accomplish it and keep my sanity. Sewing with dark thread on blacks requires lots of natural light for me. 

As you can imagine with the different textiles - denim, shirting, slippery shirting, skirt weight and stretch denim it was a challenge. Some areas have really thick seams. I opted to applique all the shapes on my backgrounds by hand. I was able to needle turn all the edges. 

 

 I had fun coming up with a quilting pattern of a sorts. 

I signed up to do 100 days of WIPS with Leanne on her blog HERE and you can find her on Insta too. 

First quarter challenge this Modern Tile quilt was finished! woot!!

Such a cloudy funny day today so hard to see the dark but you get the idea. 

Thanks for stopping!

linking up with Confessions of a fabric addict Here

and Wendy at her Peacock party here

and

Rebecca grace quilting HERE 

and 

NTT at My Quilt Infatuation

and Meadow Mist Designs MY favorite finish