Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Pick Up Sticks

I love quilting challenges.  A prompt, a deadline and then hoping the creative juices flow.

Pick Up Sticks is my latest mini in response to the Curated Quilts challenge for June.


The prompt was Connect and the colors included cream, yellow, mustard, navy, moss green and gray.

This was my third or forth attempt at a design.  I love the final result.  The 'sticks' are fusible applique.  I had fun with the straight line quilting on the sticks and micro stippling everywhere else.


Now all I need to decide is which side is up!  Right now, I'm loving this view as the top!



I'll be linking up at Curated Quilts here.  I've submitted an entry for each of their challenges - the competition is really amazing.  Fingers crossed.

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Have a wonderful day! Patty

12 comments:

  1. Picking an "up" can be really hard sometimes! I do like the lighter background stripe across the top like a shaft of light. It's a lovely mini.

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  2. It looks great. I want to play along, but am struggling with an idea.

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  3. Hi Patty
    I like the balance created by the single stick adjacent to the group of sticks. I also like the difference in the textures between the straight lines and the curvy stippling.

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  4. Really love this mini. Memories of my youth.

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  5. It's so cool! Maybe you should just curl it up in your hand and drop it like you do with pickup sticks and see how it lands!

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  6. Nice job, Patty! And the name of your quilt brought back lots of memories playing the game Pick Up Sticks when I was growing up! Surprisingly, they are actually still made, I discovered when I googled them to check! I hope your quilt is chosen - and thanks for the memories!!

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  7. I love Pick Up Sticks! You figured out a terrific design and the quilting looks great.

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  8. The top photo has a look of going into the distance, really nice. The sticks are a fun interpretation of the challenge.

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  9. What a cool interpretation of 'connect'! I believe you nailed it! Great work, Patty!

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  10. Its great!! Good job!! and yay for deadlines right?

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