Morris Meadow/EQ Design Challenge 2

 

Anita

Yesterday's post showed the overall winner I chose in the EQ Design Challenge with my current fabric collection for Moda.

http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2023/08/morris-meadow-design-contest-winner.html

I considered several criteria for making a choice including Following the Rules (you were supposed to use only fabric from the line.) That gave me 42 choices.

Some of my categories: Visual Impact was important.

Kris's Mesmerized was a knock-out.

How were the Morris prints and colors incorporated? Some used the fabrics well with complicated designs. Others like Janet & Deni used very simple patchwork to show off the prints and solids.

Peg's spiky fans made good use of the fabric

and the pattern.

Deni, a modernist, stacked minimal patchwork design to good effect.

EQ makes it easy to alternate blocks or rotate them. I always enjoy the visual connections and secondary patterns when two or three blocks alternate and mesh well.

Latawnia's alternating blocks with a third in the middle is complicated.

That simpler border is the perfect finish

And it's fun to see the Morris fabrics combined into traditional patchwork designs.

Karen's variation on the classic curved patch.

The natural world was important to William Morris, offering inspiration to several designers.

Sharon's take on a classic floral.

Julie's applique plus piecing.

And because it was a contest using computer generated designs from EQ we have to consider the skill the entrants showed with the program. (Impressed me no end!) Doubt William Morris would be as impressed with digital technology.

Cici

Barb V.

The Electric Quilt Blog (doyoueq.com)