Primary colors mini quilt – 2020.04.05

Here is my first entry for the Canadian Quilters Try-A-Triad Challenge. The only fabrics allowed are solid fabrics in the 3 primary colors – yellow, red and blue.

I had an idea to make a quilt that looked like 3 layers floating above each other. Normally I would use dark, medium and light values of the same color to make an object appear to be 3-dimensional. For example, I would have used a darker shade to give the illusion of a shadow from the layer above. But the rules for this challenge say to “use one tint, tone or shade of each of the three triad colours. Only three fabrics in total can be used on the face of the quilt—including the background fabric.” So I used black thread to make the shadows. I hope the black stitching looks like shadows – if not, maybe it looks like an interesting grid between each layer of color. Either way, I’m happy with the result.

I constructed each layer separately with fabric wrapped around felt, then quilted first with matching thread, and then with black thread for the shadows.

To put it all together I fused the yellow piece to the blue piece, and stitched around the edge of the yellow through all the layers. Before I attached the blue piece to the red, I sewed on the top facing, so I could position the top corner of the blue piece slightly extending off the top edge of the red piece. This adds to the illusion that the blue piece is floating above the red background.

The finished size is 11.5″ wide by 12″ high. I faced it with red fabric and used a fun coordinating print on the back. As usual, I have left the label and sleeve for a later date, as I’m now eager to work on my next entry for this challenge.

. . . . .

Thanks for stopping by. Today, I’m linking up with these blogs – click on the links below, where you’ll find many other creative and inspirational projects.

• Nina-Marie’s Off the Wall Friday
• Can I get a Whoop Whoop? by Confessions of a Fabric Addict