Continuing the Quilt Challenge

I had a grand time making the medallions from the "ugly fabric." I made 4 1/2 then went into a slump. It was difficult to find enough areas the same, or the same and reverse, to make many medallions. After they were made, I tried to think of unique ways to set them in a top. I finally decided I didn't have time to complete the project and started to add it to my UFOs. Enter DD who explained that since I had blogged about it, I had to finish the project.....now.
That was easier said than done. I have watched so many quilt shows and the pros make it look easy.
"The quilt just talks to me ," they said.
Well mine wasn't talking!
"Buckle down and think outside the box," I told myself.
I wanted something unique, but finally decided done was better than wonderful. I started putting medallions in place and auditioning fabrics to go with them. I could still have 5 more fabrics besides the black I had already used. I placed the black around the medallion hoping to make it look as if it were floating.




I could not think of a way to place the four medallions in position that give pizzaz to this project. Then it clicked. I would just piece some new blocks from the "ugly fabric" (UF) leftovers. That worked pretty well and added some continuity to the design.

The yellow was a 2nd fabric. It brightened the design and brought out the yellow in the UF. The 3rd fabric , a black bacground with multicolored stylistic flower print, was used for another border on the strip I had pieced. I will add one more border for the entire piece in a different fabric (the 4th). What color do you think will bring it all together and "make it pop?"

I have almost finished the top now. It will be a quilted wall hanging well within the required dimensions. Now back to the sewing machine. Look back at the UF photo and see how different it looks from the pieced blocks.