My thought was to cover them with pseudo-suede and I think I have enough of black to do it. Not sure the correct approach to doing this but I did it thusly: First I made some really rough patterns using newspaper. I cut out some muslin using those pattern pieces and then pinned them together on the chair. I will then sew them together with a basting stitch and see how they fit -- I don't care if they aren't perfect. I will then mark the seams and put notches where things meet. I will the cut the pieces out of the suede fabric for one chair and again see how it looks. Only then will I do the other three chairs. I need to get them done before my yearly Bridge ladies come for our Wilmington tournament.
I finally rearranged them into this spiral and decided this was my best bet. I decided white as a background would work the best as well. I had to fiddle a little bit to make the pieces that make it into a square. Four of the white pieces are triangles the same size as the original triangles and four were large rectangles that I sewed onto the other four triangles and then trimmed down to size (rather than calculating what I would need).
The on to auditioning borders. Nothing too complicated. This was my second thought - the first was reversing the two borders but too much green.
I went through my stash again and found this deeper purple and decided that I would just do the one border but make it about six inches wide all the way around and then use the green for binding. So now to think about the quilting.
This is another of the less than desired blocks in its original configuration.
Here I have rearranged it and like it better. Have to decide what kind of sashing to put between the panels.
This is the third one I cut up and this is the before picture which I do kind of like but think it is because I rearranged the four pieces from their original configuration.
3 comments:
You have probably already completed the pin wheel piece. But to me, the wide border idea would be better if the green. It just seems to pull the colours out much better. But you see it in person, so it might just be the affect from my monitor.
Sandy
Nice saves!
Sandy, I have tried both the green and the deep purple and still haven't finished as you will see from my ongoing blogs the last few days. It isn't even up on the design wall now but I will get back to it. The pinwheel is rather dreary and the pinwheel was my last hope to make something out of that fabric. I should really work on the pretty mandalas that I have rather than try to create from the failures!!
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