Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Marcelle Medallion Progress

So far, the Marcelle Medallion QAL has been a total blast. The QAL is taking place on Instagram, Flickr and on Penny Poppleton's blog, but Instagram is definitely where it's at. So many people have made positive comments on my photos - it feels great!
I shared a photo of my palette on the blog last week. I didn't love it, but I thought it would work, so I started paper piecing the centre star.
I hated it! It looked terrible. I needed to go back to the drawing board. I reshelved all of the fabric, except the low volume and teal prints. I still wanted to use the Shelbourne Falls floral as my inspiration print, but instead of reading the dark hue as navy, I considered it black (which I think it actually is). I looked to Chicopee this time and pulled all of the chartreuse prints. Instead of pure pink, I selected coral hues from my stash.  Here is the resulting palette.
Now THAT is what I'm talking about!  I had some difficulty lining up my points along the way...
But in the end, I had a centre star to be proud of! I LOVE IT!
I need to focus on my Stacking the Odds back and a baby quilt I have on the go this coming week, so I'll be reluctantly setting aside my medallion for a bit. I do have it hanging on the wall though, so I'll look at it lovingly while I work on other projects.

I'm linking this post up with WIP Wednesday, because it's unlikely I'll have time to blog tomorrow! Check out what everyone else is up to!
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

15 comments:

  1. Looks fab - I pulled some fabrics for my medallion today - just need to start now!!!

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  2. I love it! I am looking forward to seeing it grow. This quilt is on my list of quilts to make.

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  3. Just stopping by via the Needle and Thread Network. Love the star you are working on. So intricate...

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  4. it is beautiful - love your new colour scheme!

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  5. It looks so lovely! I have been tempted to start that QAL, but I must resist. I have no time right now to start another project! Your colour scheme is lovely.

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  6. Love your new colour scheme! I've been tempted by this QAL, but have resisted so far - you may be the one to persuade me!!

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  7. Gorgeous fabrics! Seeing everyone posting on IG is killing me, I have the scary feeling I will start pulling fabrics any minute! LOL

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  8. I love the new color palette, and your medallion center is spot on! Congrats!

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  9. That block is so lovely! Until now I could resist this pattern, but your version might make that very hard to keep up ....

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  10. Love your color coambo.Happy sewing!!

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  11. Ahhh where did you get the premade template?? I love big templates like that...but i've never done the kind that are all cut up into pieces :( I bought Liberty Love thinking it would be the kind of paper piecing I know how to do but I'm totally bummed that it isn't cause I really want to make a Marcelle Medallion.

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