Quilt Top Done!

Finished the Amy Butler quilt top today! It's the hottest day of the summer so far, about 90 F, and all that ironing nearly finished me off. But I persevered and here it is!



The sewing was simple; the most challenging part was arranging the blocks in a pleasing, "random" looking manner. I had colors and values to balance, both border and block, and I also tried very hard to avoid putting the repeat prints next to each other. You'll notice that there are 2 blocks from many of the prints, plus the same prints in different colorways.

I spread all the blocks on the floor and fiddled with them for a couple hours. I took photos and studied the photo because it's so much easier to see the whole composition that way. I would walk away from it for ten minutes and then come back and look again. I'd move a block here and there, and every time (of course) it would mess up something else.



Eventually I decided this was the best I could do. I am trying not to look too hard at it now, because I don't want to suddenly see something I could have changed. This part is done!

I am folding this up and setting it aside now. I will quilt it later, maybe in the autumn. Time to move on to the next thing!