Blogger's Quilt Festival

Over at Amy's Creative Side it's time for the fall version of the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  Check it out -- it's lots of fun.

My entry is Tuning Fork #12:

Tuning Fork #12, 46" x 67", 2013

 I finished this quilt in August and it debuted at the Trinity Valley Quilt Show in September.

A few closeups:

I'm adding a few process pictures, since people have been asking me how I work.  I start with a very general plan.  For TF #12, I decided to work with black to medium gray as the background, so I started making tuning fork units and placing them on the design wall, starting in the upper left, grading them from dark to light and small to large:

 Then I decided to add a drift of color from top left to bottom right:

The colored tuning forks became denser as they drifted towards the center:

Finally, I had a layout of pieces that I felt worked.  At this point, they are just hundreds of blocks on the design wall.  I started sewing them together:

Once I'm past the big design decisions, it doesn't take me long to sew it together!