I love using
Riley Blake Designs Basics for any project, and the Swiss Dots were no exception. They are so fun to sew with and worked perfectly for the Make It Modern project tour! Using just four colors, Peacock, Lime, Black, and white, a chevron quilt became the background for a few visitors.
My mind can be a crazy place now and then, mainly because my imagination runs wild when I'm designing a quilt. As I looked at those zig-zaggy lines, they reminded me of frequency patterns. But what if there was an alien, or two, tampering with our frequencies. And there it was..."Alien Frequencies" was created.
We took a trip to a dry lake that was close by to take photos. Yes, the temperatures were still scorching hot even though it was after 7 p.m., but I felt this was a perfect landing spot for my quilt. My crew didn't necessarily agree because not only was it hot, but it was windy.
Though littering is not a good thing, there was an interesting "alien" object sitting on the dry lake bed just waiting for me to drape my quilt on it. It was just an abandoned pop up shade frame, but it looked alien enough for me!
It looked like it was ready to walk away with my quilt with those spider looking legs!
The recent rains left the soil cracked and unearthly looking. Okay, not really, but my husband thought it was funny that I was fascinated by all the cracked dirt. We both grew up with Las Vegas dirt looking like this after a rain, but it still had me checking it out.
Riley Blake Designs Swiss Dots come in a variety of colors and they are all 100 per cent cotton. They are great for quilts, clothing, or anything else your imagination can think of.
The Peacock and Lime Swiss Dots were calling my name...I love both of them! The black and white dots are striking, too.
The visitors from space looked amazing in those dots and RBD's Confetti Cotton Black and White were great for accent pieces. Yikes...he's going for the frequency switch!
This guy chose to hover above the chaos that was going to happen below him. He's the smart one!
Riley Blake has an amazing selection of stripes in all sorts of widths and colors. The black and white stripes are among my favorites and worked great for alien body parts.
The stripes were awesome for binding, too!
You can find "Alien Frequencies" in my Etsy shop
HERE.
Check out the Riley Blake Blog for some incredible ideas for quilting and sewing!
The pattern for "Alien Frequencies" includes instructions for cutting out the half square triangles, but did you know that
Crafter's Edge has triangles for their die cutting machine? They do! You can use the Crossover II or the Accuquilt Go with an adapter to cut out the shapes. So easy!
I'm so glad you stopped by!
