Motion

I like playing with black and white patterns, especially when they can be considered Op Art.  Two of my better examples of this are Labyrinth and Stand Back!!  This quilt does not quite have the same "pop" factor, but it still makes the eye travel back and forth across the canvas.

To reinforce the flow of this original piece, I scoured the internet for just the right fabrics. If you look very closely, you will see that the pattern on the black fabric is actually made up of very tiny black and white lines (click here to see a close-up swatch) that are angled at 45°.  The white fabric has very subtle white-on-white lines (click to see), which I arranged so that the stripes are all vertical.  Thus, the fabrics themselves reinforce the movement from bottom left to top right (or is it top right to bottom left?).

All of the vertical sections are solid (i.e., one-piece) strips. 

I pressed all the seams open because I did not want to create ditches, so I had to be extra precise when matching up the seams. This resulted in some seams being resewed two or three times to get them to line up perfectly. Even so, the seam gnomes came during the night and offset some of them just a wee bit. So it is better to view the quilt from several feet away.

For sale: 42" x 37"  Wall hanging (mounted on stretcher bars)  $150