I've finally finished piecing and quilting my Orca Bay. I literally took it off the quilter and folded it up and put it in the car to bring for show and tell time during the Dancing 9s class Bonnie was teaching in Oliver Springs.
Bonnie asked me about my color choices ....
At the time this mystery began, both my girls were taking classes at TTU. The school colors are purple and gold... so I changed the black and white of the orginal pattern to purple and gold.
It also happens that the local high school colors are red and blue (navy). Navy was too dark but the lighter blues worked well.
Since I still had some of these fabrics remaining I decided to piece a backing with the leftovers rather than buying more fabric for a solid backing. With an idea and some help from an online friend (Thanks Cindy!) we determined I had just enough fabric....
I love the way it turned out. And the red binding I think frames it nicely
A fabulous Orca Bay and the backing is so masterfully handled that it makes this a completely reversible quilt. Kudos to you!
ReplyDeleteHM it looks amazing! So cool that you got to 'show and tell' with Bonnie. I know she loves seeing her patterns in other colors. Even in the same colors. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat Bonnie UFO is up next?
This is so beautiful.
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