Now that my son's quilt is almost finished (note to self: get right on that!), I can set my sights on my next project: my sister's quilt. We started tossing ideas around. Considering she's an artist, I'm somewhat intimidated about this project; I suggested a
Judy Niemeyer pattern and we have decided on
Osprey's Nest Log Cabin, which has a colonial bent to it, and is suited to her upstate New York digs. This is a new pattern, so there are basically only 2 color schemes out there for it, which is also kind of intimidating. For some reason, I have trouble getting my creativity going until I see examples. The Glacier Star, for example, was much easier to strategize because there are literally dozens, perhaps hundreds, of example quilts on the internet on which to look. Osprey's Nest, on the other hand, was published a couple of months ago and apparently no one has completed it (which I hope doesn't bode ill for me: the curved parts are not going to be fun).
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| Peach version |
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| Teal version |
So I tinkered around in EQ and you have to sort of squint your eyes and pretend the geese in the sashing are curved across the blocks, but these give you a rough idea of what I'm thinking about for color. The room the quilt will be going into has soft rose walls, gold curtains, and a teal, peach, indigo colored persian rug. Which one do you like better?
