One thing that I've touched on a number of times in my posts is the lack of inovation and limited creativity that seems to happen when it comes to patchwork quilts. While it is fine to stick with a safe and proven design, it quickly becomes stale. If you really want to make a quilt that folks will remember (for the correct reasons) then you have to do something quite different.
You may like to try one of those ideas:
Rainbow
Ensure you have material for the whole spectrum. Cut these into hexagons and then lay the colors side-by-side, cycling through the colour spectrum until it loops around again.
If you need another approach, you can use the same colors diagonally for a stunning pattern that moves the whole spectrum across the patchwork quilt.
Alternative Shapes
Everyone has seen, and many have made a basic pattern patchwork quilt. We are going to up the ante on this one and look for a shape that is strange and not normally considered when having a look at a this sort of quilt.
You will find a range of shapes, usually five sided or more, that will stack simply, yet seem to have a much more complex pattern when taking a look at it all together. The great part about these kinds of shapes is that even a basic 2 tone color scheme comes out looking particularly impressive.
Fluro Colours
Very bright colours are hardly featured in quilts. If you want to make your patchwork quilt stand out, you simply must take a leaf out of the peacock's book and incorporate some bright colors.
Including one fluro color in your pattern will truly add some eye-catching detail to your quilt, something that people cannot go past.
While some of these ideas won't be your cup of tea, you'll truly have to leave your comfort zone and take a risk to create a patchwork quilt that is truly unique.
You may like to try one of those ideas:
Rainbow
Ensure you have material for the whole spectrum. Cut these into hexagons and then lay the colors side-by-side, cycling through the colour spectrum until it loops around again.
If you need another approach, you can use the same colors diagonally for a stunning pattern that moves the whole spectrum across the patchwork quilt.
Alternative Shapes
Everyone has seen, and many have made a basic pattern patchwork quilt. We are going to up the ante on this one and look for a shape that is strange and not normally considered when having a look at a this sort of quilt.
You will find a range of shapes, usually five sided or more, that will stack simply, yet seem to have a much more complex pattern when taking a look at it all together. The great part about these kinds of shapes is that even a basic 2 tone color scheme comes out looking particularly impressive.
Fluro Colours
Very bright colours are hardly featured in quilts. If you want to make your patchwork quilt stand out, you simply must take a leaf out of the peacock's book and incorporate some bright colors.
Including one fluro color in your pattern will truly add some eye-catching detail to your quilt, something that people cannot go past.
While some of these ideas won't be your cup of tea, you'll truly have to leave your comfort zone and take a risk to create a patchwork quilt that is truly unique.
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