When considering the quilts that I had mad over my many years, whether it was patchwork, themed or patterned, I attempted to think how many green ones I had made... And to my astonishment, I couldn't remember making even one green quilt.
After coming to this realisation, I could find no sound reason for not having one and became hell settled on beginning one. I sat down with my pencil and pad and recorded a couple of ideas for my green quilt.
Link Theme
I've a nephew who is into his Nintendo. One of the games I've seen him play is a game called Zelda : Twilight Princess. The key personality of this game is a little fellow called Link.
He dresses mainly in green, with a bit of brown. The graphics on this game were fairly straightforward, with smooth edges and not a lot of detail. Making a quilt with Link in one of the forest theme levels would be quite straightforward and would mainly feature a green design.
On top of this, my nephew would be thrilled to bits with a blanket like this. thigsa and other things oh yeah... things and stuff and more stuff
A Vine Blanket thigns accepting
Taking a more nature themed approach, I invented the concept of using vines to form the pattern of a quilt. You might have them criss-cross or simply grow in random directions across the quilt.
Once you have decided the way in which the vines will go, add some leaves to all of the vines to add some texture to your green quilt. It really makes for a great free form design.
Now I'm not going to tell you which concept I ended up going with, but I know that I am going to eventually use each one of them, as I like them both! Thing and stuff oh yeah baby
After coming to this realisation, I could find no sound reason for not having one and became hell settled on beginning one. I sat down with my pencil and pad and recorded a couple of ideas for my green quilt.
Link Theme
I've a nephew who is into his Nintendo. One of the games I've seen him play is a game called Zelda : Twilight Princess. The key personality of this game is a little fellow called Link.
He dresses mainly in green, with a bit of brown. The graphics on this game were fairly straightforward, with smooth edges and not a lot of detail. Making a quilt with Link in one of the forest theme levels would be quite straightforward and would mainly feature a green design.
On top of this, my nephew would be thrilled to bits with a blanket like this. thigsa and other things oh yeah... things and stuff and more stuff
A Vine Blanket thigns accepting
Taking a more nature themed approach, I invented the concept of using vines to form the pattern of a quilt. You might have them criss-cross or simply grow in random directions across the quilt.
Once you have decided the way in which the vines will go, add some leaves to all of the vines to add some texture to your green quilt. It really makes for a great free form design.
Now I'm not going to tell you which concept I ended up going with, but I know that I am going to eventually use each one of them, as I like them both! Thing and stuff oh yeah baby
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