Liberated Quilt Top

The piece shown last was not quite grown up.  But now I do believe it is.  The idea for this top was sparked by this book that I bought used from another quilter who was de-stashing some books. When I saw this one, I wanted it. 

While I didn't follow the book ideas for the center medallion,  the idea of using the first piece as a medallion came from the book.  In the book, Marston shows various quilts - a few of them have medallion centers with interesting borders.   I liked that idea.  Therefore, I used it. 

Next up was the idea of borders. As you can see, the cover photo shows a liberated quilt top with a solid  border around the middle section -then a liberated piecing border  outside that.  Marston showed this idea several times.  So I added the blue border.  Then I added a border of snub-nosed triangles.   But to finish it out,  I decided on a "semi-solid border" with an interesting print fabric that looks hand-dyed. 

Of course I broke up that border with a few pieces of blue, one of green, and a real hand-dyed fabric. 
Here is the top as it is now. 

The hand-dyed fabric almost disappears into that border fabric, but it is there on three of the four edges. 

At this point,  I plan to back and quilt this small top and make a nice table topper. It is roughly 29" square.  That means it will be easy to use yardage to make the backing --- unless I decide to piece a backing.   

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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