Quilt of the Week: In The Pinks

If you receive my newsletter, you've already seen my latest More or Less Quilt, In the Pinks, but I want to tell you more about it here.

I am working on a series of quilts that I call More or Less.  Every time I finish a quilt, I decide if there should be more or less of some element (color, pattern, etc.) in the next quilt.  Then I make the next quilt incorporating that change.  And do it all over again.  And again.  And again.

This week's quilt, In the Pinks, is number two in the series:

I used a not-yet-released thread from WonderFil called FabuLux.  I was tickled pink (did you see what I did there?) to design this thread line and had to have variegated pink spool in the line!

I started with ribbon candy (my fave!):

Bonus points if you notice the Hello Kitty fabric for the backing!

I stitched some straight lines to accentuate the pink stripe:

Then I went to work in the white stripe.  I started with a spine:

And then I swirled it:

Echoed the swirl:

Pebbled the background:

And got to work on the black stripe.  I stitched some diamonds:

and filled the channels with some ribbon candy (of course!):

The difference between Quilt One -- Olive Trees and Quilt Two -- In the Pinks is how I transitioned between the designs.  Check out the difference around the colored stripe in each quilt:

I think it's a much cleaner transition and I'm glad that I made the change.

If you want a better description of the quilting of each quilt and the transition between the two, watch my new video:



Look at In the Pinks again:

What will I do differently in More or Less Quilt 3?  It will be called Majestic Sunrise and I already have a few ideas...

In the comments, please answer these two questions:

1.  What would you do differently in Quilt 3?
2.  Should I continue filming videos about each pair of quilts?