This crosses quilt made by Carla of Grace and Favour, and the one I found at Perfection Not Included called “Funky Wrench Quilt” provides me a way to show you new quilters out there, a basic design technique that quilters often use. Notice both quilts are block-based, with one block repeated throughout. Notice too, how each employs contrasting values (lights and darks) in the piecing and placement of each block.
I’ll show you. Look at the upper left corner of each quilt (row 1, column 1) to see block one. For the crosses quilt, this block boasts a dark background with a dark cross, but reverses the one next door, with a light background and a light cross. Next, peek at the first block of the wrenches quilt. You’ll see a white background with a darker wrench, with the next one reversed. Both quilters repeat this back and forth on all the rows, ensuring light and dark values are evenly distributed throughout the surface. Now you know.
Click the hyperlink to see more great photos of Carla’s Crosses quilt. An aside, but if I repeat my Best Photographed Quilts contest, hers is the first one I’ll nominate.
Image credits: {Grace and Favour and Perfection Not Included}
Hello there. Someone brought to my attention that you had featured my quilt here. Thanks for your kind words. I’m happy with this quilt ; )
I don’t want to come off as daft, but I only see one quilt in the post… where is the second quilt I am supposed to be comparing?
Hi MacCupcake! Not a problem, all questions are welcome here. To see the comparison quilt, you have to click the hyperlink “Funky Wrench Quilt”. Now here’s my question to you. Did you have trouble seeing the hyperlink, since it’s not blue, but a pale gold? I’m thinking of changing the color, so I would love your thoughts. –Scarlett