Going In Circles Quilt

Welcome! It's my day to share my kid's version of the Going In Circles quilt from the Modern Art Quilt (affiliate link) book by Sue Bleiweiss.

All I can say is - love it! And I hope the new mom and her boys do too, cause I can see a fun game of Twister happening on this quilt!

On Friday's post, I went over how I changed up this quilt, from it's construction, to the background choice, and even the accent strip choice. Do check out New Directions for the Going In Circle Quilt to read how I arrived at the chartreuse background and yellow-orange strip decision - it's a great lesson about color. Though there were those changes, the basic idea of this quilt still remains from Sue's original. 

Ah, but my color decisions weren't finished there. Next up was the thread choice for quilting. Laying out a couple feet of thread on the quilt top for each color always gives a good idea of what the thread will look like after quilting.

First, I tried an orange-yellow.

It's okay, and looks good on the blue circle, but the quilt will definitely take on an orange cast over the chartreuse.

How about a green?

Unfortunately, the green just disappears, both on the blue circles and chartreuse background.

All right, how about yellow?

Much better! It looks great on the blue, and actually looks green on the chartreuse. You would never guess it's yellow, unless you look really close.

I also wanted a pantograph on this one, opting against the wavy lines that Sue quilted on her version.

Though my quilt has an overwhelming star theme, more stars would really be too much. Instead, I found this cool panto called Calder, which has points like stars, and curves to go with the circles - perfect! It really brings the whole quilt together.

For the backing, it's a fun, colorful check print, that works great because it contains green, blue, yellow, and orange - another perfect fit.

Teri Lucas of Terificreations does a fantastic review of the entire book - no need for me to repeat it all here. I've really been inspired by Sue's designs, as they are fresh, creative, and engaging. Because of this, I will continue featuring Modern Art Quilts (affiliate link) as my Book of the Month for both February and March. Look for a few more art quilts in the upcoming months.

Happy Quilting!