He sent over ten cuts of his jellybeans from his various collections and I sat with pen and paper and drove myself crazy. I had a zillion ideas and then immediately hated each one as soon as I'd finished the sketch. I'm obviously insane. But then I ditched all the crazy ideas and went traditional instead.
To that end, I give you Trippin' On Jellybeans! The hubs asked if it was a drug reference, and I would like to say that NO, it is not. Dorkus.
It's quite dizzying to look at, isn't it?!
(Now you're going to scroll up to the first picture to see if you can spot it, aren't you? Heehee! I would!)
What would you have done with these cute jellybeans?
Anyway, Thomas has asked a handful of others to play along and you can visit their blogs here to see what they've done with his jellybeans.
Feb 25: Thomas Knauer
Feb 26: Allegory Lanham
Feb 27: Tracy Mooney
Feb 28: Sara Lawson
March 1: Rachael Gander
March 2: Rashida Coleman-Hale
March 3: Heide Mueller-Hatton
March 4: Audrie Bidwell
March 5: Kim Niedzwiecki
Apologies for the weird colours in the pictures. The light's been iffy because it's been raining and it's grey. I normally love grey, gloomy days, but it makes photographing quilts a pain in the rear.
12 comments:
I love the tiny little patchwork square. It's like a cool little surprise among the fun jellybean fabric. You are a smarty. I probably would have just cried and given up when I figured out (mid project I'm sure) that I was one square short.
It's dizzyingly gorgeous! I love that you kept it so saturated, too!
pretty colors and love the quilting!
I love love love this! Especially the patchwork square and the purple with the black and white and the beans and the name. So yeah, pretty much all of it.
ooooh, I love that tiny patchwork square, how very smart indeed. The whole quilt is beautiful, love the border, as well as a small touch of stripes in the binding.
Love the Jelly Beans! The colours are so vibrant! The quilting, but have been fun to keep track of!
This looks fab, Audrie!! Brilliant quilting choice - and I love your teeny-tiny emergency block! It blends so well with the rest of the quilt… What fun fabric. I have no idea what I'd do with it. Good for you for going traditional and making it seem so fresh!
Looking at it sort of makes me feel like I might have a seizure. But in a good way. :) That came out so great, and I adore the circular quilting on it!
I love this quilt!
Love your Trip Around the World! It is eye-popping in the Jelly Bean fabrics and the tiny pieced block is delightful! The itty bit of black and white stripe reminds me of piano keys......a good note to add to your quilt. ;-) If I had a bunch of these jelly beans, I know just the project I would make....a little something that I made years ago in traditional fabrics would be really fun if done in jelly beans!
Audrie you are awesome sauce
Love it!
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