Work in Progress: Prize Koi Quilt Top

Well, here is my next try at a kaleidoscope quilt top.  I LOVE my new quilt tool that allows me to pick those pieces up off the floor and look at them from a different (and much better) perspective.  The blocks are on a 72-inch white portable design wall, Cheryl Ann's Quilting Design Wall.  I didn't have a place for a permanent design wall in my quilting room, although with this portable wall I don't need one. I bought mine on Amazon.com and I am thinking seriously about getting a second, smaller one.  Quilts and their blocks really look different when you are not looking down at them while figuring out what block goes where.  



I am currently making more square blocks based on my favorite square in the quilt.  It's the one with the yellow top just off the center.  Once these blocks are done today, it all comes down and gets rearranged into three panels incorporating a lot of those squares.    

The original fabric for this quilt is Michael Miller's Prize Koi, which I believe is out-of-print now.  Here is what the fabric looks like:


Happy quilting!
Susan

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 12, 2013 at 12:43 PM

    Something fishy about this material :)

    My Mom use to quilt...tiny tiny stitches. I have a few of her masterpieces still.

    Phil

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    1. UnknownAugust 13, 2013 at 5:38 PM

      Phil, I would love to see your mother's quilts!

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