With the sewing machine downstairs in the old studio and the quilt on the design wall upstairs in the new studio, so I carefully stacked sets of triangles to re-lay on the old design wall in preparation for piecing.
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| little hexagons ready for piecing |
What an
ordeal experience getting points to meet! After much trial and error, they occasionally matched pretty darn perfectly enough.
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| center point of hexagon - front |
Even the back side looked pretty darn good.
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| center point of hexagon - back |
Then I added a triangle to three sides of each hexagon to form bigger triangles. And repeated the cycle to form seven big hexagons.
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| big hexagons ready for piecing |
Trudging up and down the stairs between the old and new studios pushed me to make more progress on the move. When help was available, I moved out the bed and moved in a worktable. Except I can't get a straight shot of the whole design wall now.
Instead of more pieced triangles, I intend to fill in the negative space with solids. Here's the initial trial with two solids filling in the center:
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| higher contrast center |
After getting two more colors, I auditioned placements:
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| lighter valued, lower contrast center |
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| medium valued center |
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| less saturated center |
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| more saturated center |
This will become one giant hexagon. Hmm, which one? What I do know: I'm relocating the sewing machine for this next round of piecing.
