Plus Everything You Choose NOT to See (No. 20)

A mini quilt with plus designs in the piecing and in the negative space.

Here we go again with another Curated Quilts mini challenge! This time, it was for their Plus issue and again I was not accepted. I really do enjoy doing these challenges because they force me to try colors and techniques I otherwise wouldn’t. This is another color palette I am not a fan of. I think it is too pastel for my taste.

A mini quilt backing showing the plus signs made by the quilting.
The back of the quilt with quilting detail.
A detail photo of the plus piecing and diagonal quilting lines.
Piecing & Quilting detail.

This quilt was also designed in Adobe Illustrator and I wanted to play with creating shapes within the negative space. There are two plusses that are immediately obvious, the large plus in center and the plus in the bottom right. There are five more plusses created using the negative space. Can you find them all?

Computer mock up of quilt design.
Adobe Illustrator design mock up.
Detail photo of quilting and piecing on blue, pink, peach, aqua, and mint fabric.
Piecing & Quilting detail.
  • The Details:
    • Finished Size: 16″ x 16″
    • Fabric Front: P&B Textiles Aztec Medallion in Medium Pink & Blue, Kona in Peach & Mint, and Dear Stella Dash Flow in Mist
    • Fabric Back: Pieced with leftovers from the front
    • Binding: P&B Textiles Aztec Medallion in Blue
    • Batting: Hobbs Heirloom Wool
    • Thread: Aurifil Dove (2600)
    • Shows: None
    • Publications: None
    • Awards: None