Quilted Wall Art - Rectangular Conundrum - Inspired by the Project Quilting Black and White Challenge

A dramatic piece of quilted wall art in contrasting black, white, and hot pink (the pink is 'pinker' than the pictures may show on your screen). This quilted art is three dimensional. It started as a rectangle and each corner I took off the quilt was then added back onto it in a wonky fashion. The fabric coils I hand sewed swirl around creating an amazing effect over the quilted top.

This bold wall hanging will look great as a focal piece of art in any room. You could accent a current theme or create a whole new look around this piece.

PLEASE NOTE:
This piece is currently hanging in a show at Java Dock in Port Washington, WI. Please feel free to still purchase it but it will not be able to be shipped until January 15th, 2015.

To read more about how this was created read the story below.

Measures Approximately 30" x 20"

The Challenge: http://kimscraftyapple.blogspot.com/2010/08/season-1-challenge-7-black-and-white.html

The Story behind this quilt:
I started this challenge with a few ideas in my head. The thing I knew right away was that I wanted to put fabric on cording and twirl it to make a more dimensional piece.

With the first idea I had I couldn't decide if I wanted my accent color to be lime green or hot pink - it really felt like it needed both so I had to scrap that idea.

At that point I decided to let this piece create itself organically. I decided on hot pink as an accent and I made a disappearing nine-patch base to work from with hot pink, black and white. I quilted it with fun circular, rectangular and triangular swirl patterns all over. I've really come to enjoy tight quilting.

Then I created my swirls with my cord and fabric. I left bits of the ends loose so I had some flexibility in my design.

I still had a rectangle for the base of the design so one night I decided to chop the corners off. I really liked the pattern and quilting in my original rectangle so I decided I wanted to incorporate even the triangular pieces I had cut off - so I bound all five.

The last step was to decide how to arrange my four triangular bits and my five fabric swirls. I hand stitched all the swirls and their tales down - it took much more time than I had originally envisioned but I did it just in time!

I forgot to mention - I personally love the contrast in the rectangular/circle shapes in the 'background' with the circular swirls - I love what mixing geometry can do!

Photo's taken by www.FriendsinPhotography.com