I couldn't wait to find a way to use the new Amy Butler fabric, Lark. It recently arrived in the shoppe and my brain was in over-drive trying to blend the right quilt design with this fabric.
At first I thought a pickle-dish quilt would allow me to showcase the beautiful red and white Souvenir.....
And I still think this would be beautiful, but then the other fabrics from the collection would be used in small blades {maybe not showing off their full potential}
I noticed that the inspiration for the collection was Maxime de la Falaise....who???
So I did a little reading.....
Maxime de la Falaise
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maxime de la Falaise (25 June 1922 – 30 April 2009)[1] was a 1950s fashionista, model,[2], and underground movie actress.[3] She is also remembered as a cookery writer and "food maven"[4] and, at least occasionally, as a clothing designer[5] and as an interior designer who decorated the homes of friends.[6]
So now I have a time frame....the 1950's. When I think of art and design from the 1950's, I think of angular forms and lines. I think of Harlequin....my mom performed with a local group of singers, dancers....real troubadours {heh,heh} in the 1950's. This was before my time, but I do remember playing with some of her costumes and one had a harlequin pattern....real cool daddy-o!!!
My thoughts about this quilt and fabric then turned from the arcs of a pickle-dish to more angular or triangular designs....
And I have decided on this for the Lark Quilt....
The quilt will consist of LARGE pieced diamond shapes....
Each diamond consists of 32 equilateral triangles.....
I think this works well with these fabrics....
What do you think?
Happy Monday!
mary
