“Refracted Sunset”

The inspiration for this quilt came from a photo that I saw on Pinterest. The photographer is David DuBois and in entitled, “Vertical Orange”. Its basically a sunset reflected on city buildings.

You may see the inspiration photo here

I loved it! And thought it would be perfect for the Tangerine Tango Challenge on Flickr. I pulled out all the fabrics that I considered to be in the orange family, especially the Tangerine Tango shade. And of course it was the perfect excuse to order a whole bolt of Moda Bella in Navy since it would contrast with the orange nicely.

To create the quilt, I used my new toy.

Yes, it’s an AccuQuilt Studio. Yes, its on the floor because I’m an immediate gratification kind of girl and drug the box into the house and began assembling my new toy. And yes, I LOVE it!

To create the wild angles, I chose the “chisel” die for my AccuQuilt. After I strip pieced sections of the orange with navy, then I laid them on the die at a wonky angle and ran them through. I then had wonky chisels that went together in a herringbone pattern. The accuracy of the AccuQuilt is amazing and made it so easy to construct this quilt!

Close up so you can see the wonky chisels.