Josef Albers Inspired Mini #1

I first heard about Josef Albers a couple of years ago, I think during a Montreal MQG meeting. I googled him and I immediately thought how his work would translate so beautifully into quilts. I found and installed an app on my iPad which allows you to play with Albers' colour studies. Super cool!

I have been playing with the app and thinking up ways to make a quilt inspired by his work for months now. And then during the Holidays, I decided to make a series of mini quilts inspired by Albers' colour studies.

The first mini is now done!

I used solids for this one so the colours would really shine - Kona Silver, Kona Black, Kona Mint and the small squares are Kona Iron. I think it's pretty cool how the Iron looks so different when next to Kona Black.

I quilted in the ditch around the small squares and then used my walking foot to stitch straight lines about 1/4" apart in the background.

Stats:

• Pattern: My own design inspired by the work of Josef Albers
• Size: 15" x 20" 
• Fabrics: Kona Silver, Kona Black, Kona Mint and Kona Iron 
• Thread: Pieced and quilted with Aurifil #2600 (Dove) in 50 wt 

I will be linking up at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday and at Sarah Goer Quilts for TGIFF.

And this is finish #5 on my 2018 FAL Q1 list! I'm killing my list this quarter!  :-)