For a little over a year, I kept myself from working on transparency designs. I thought a lot about whether or not I would want to write a book and so instead of creating all the ideas and designs in my head, I filed them away and decided to think for a while. After a lot of thought, I decided that writing a book about transparency design was not in my best interest, and I think by now you might be catching on that I am having a lot of fun working through this backlog of ideas.
Today, I am really excited to share a new transparency design that is included in the 2018 Quilter’s Planner, Transparent Ribbons.
Transparent Ribbons – Quilt Photography by Kitty from Night Quilter
I am keenly drawn to thinking about transparency when you consider it as a motive: removing the sense of needing to live behind a veil of secrecy and living fully and authentically is a large personal goal. Transparent Ribbons is another design doodle that I started with the goal of creating overlapping shapes for color value / transparency fabric selection play. The angled design and way that the blocks can relate to one another create a rippling chain, like a swirling candy ribbon or, more metaphorically, like how choices in life can ripple and cascade.
Transparent Ribbons – Quilt Photography by Kitty from Night Quilter
Once again, Kitty Wilkin from Night Quilter‘s beautiful outdoor photography are going to be a feature in the 2018 Quilter’s Planner. I especially adore this detail photograph that she took of Transparent Ribbons because the transparent flowers and grass in the foreground transitioning to out of focus transitioning to in focus really make my heart happy and are a visual representation of a lot of my thoughts and ideas behind why transparency in quilt design speaks to me. Finding focus; finding the places of overlap and collaboration.
Quilter’s Planner 2018 New Features:
- 12 monthly blocks featured in a new Quilter’s Planner Sampler Quilt pattern by Cheryl Brickey
- A full-color, glossy companion magazine with 13 quilting and sewing patterns by top designers (including Transparent Ribbons!!!)
- 4 pages of planner stickers by Alison Glass
- 15 coloring pages by Alison Glass
- Yearly goals planning page
- Fabric chart from Andover Fabrics featuring Alison Glass fabrics
- Personal measurement chart for personal garment sewing
Don’t forget the QP Mini planner!
- Small 5″ x 7″ booklet, 84 pages
- Undated daily planning pages with to-do lists, appointments and shopping lists
- Meal planning and grocery lists
- Graph paper and blank pages
- Projects-at-a-glance pages
- Project planning pages
Transparent Ribbons – Quilt Photography by Kitty from Night Quilter
Transparent Ribbons was made using Kona Cotton in Berry (darkest/background), Cerise, Azalea, and Candy Pink (lightest).
I am very happy to see my friend Stephanie from Late Night Quilter‘s vision for the Quilter’s Planner continue to grow each year, and I am very excited about the 2018 planner. I look forward to seeing all the beautiful versions of Transparent Ribbons that are created!
For U.S. pre-orders, you can pre-order the 2018 Quilter’s Planner or 2018 Quilter’s Planner bundle now! If you are an international reader, the Fat Quarter Shop has pre-orders with international shipping.
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Beautiful I love the look of the transparency ribbons quilt, the photos are stunning you must be so pleased with how this has turned ou xx
That’s a great design! The twisting shapes of the ribbons put me in mind of strands of DNA. 🙂
I am so excited about your new design! Love the photos too. Great choice of colors so lucious. And I am super impressed by the quilting detail that you can see on the photo of the quilt on the chair. Just beautiful!
Fantastic. I love the thought you put into the design both from the aesthetics and the evaluation of it personally.
Yvonne, you make transparency look effortless! Love the design and colors! Can’t wait to see it in the planner!
You are the best at transparency quilts and I love the ribbon transparency.
Beautiful quilt – perfect choice of colors.
Love it, especially with your colour choices. Great design.
This is beautiful! It makes me think of a large beaded necklace. 🙂
I like this quilt, and I like what you are conveying with this quilt. Can’t wait to see more of your transparency quilts!
What a gorgeous quilt! I just ordered my planner, and I can’t wait to learn about transparency from making at least one of your transparency patterns. Take care, Mary.
Lovely design..I ordered the 2 mini planners–(one for a friend ;}}}) ; it will fit right in with my other planner…
hugs, Julierose
Gosh, this is such an eye-popping design! I actually thought my vision was out-of-focus when I looked at it. Love, love, love what you’ve created. I too am totally intrigued by transparency, but am pretty much clueless about figuring out how to do it. I’m trying to design a quilt for an upcoming MQG chapter challenge, and want to play with transparency… but don’t know where to begin. You’ve obviously got this figured out! I simply adore this quilt.
Beautiful! I think I speak for all of us when I say I’m not tired of transparency yet. 🙂
Yvonne, this is stunning!
Love this, hope to try it soon.
This is gorgeous Yvonne! You are THE Transparency quilter! The quilting is remrkable as well, nice job!
So gorgeous! You really do excel at seeing the way to bring transparency forward/backward in a quilt, using interesting shapes and terrific colors. This quilt is stunning, and kudos to you for another beautiful quilt!
Gorgeous quilt Yvonne! I pre-ordered my planner today – can’t wait to see all the new stuff in it!
I really like this quilt Yvonne. Often transperancy quilts don’t quite work for me, but I think it’s the addition of the fourth colour that really makes this. I’m looking forward to giving this a go, as it’s a concept I’ve wanted to try, but haven’t found the pattern/teacher that makes it work in my head, but I think this might be it 🙂
E xx
This quilt stopped me in my tracks when I first saw it on Instagram. I think it’s the colors that are so appealing to me. I’m a sucker for a white background, and the idea of a transparency design in such rich colors kicks me out of my color comfort zone. It’s beautiful — and the quilting truly complements the sense of layers created by the design. : )
Love the colors in this quilt. Transparency is such a fun idea and you developed beautifully in this quilt. Congrats on being in this year’s planner.
Another gorgeous transparency quilt! The ribbons really vibrate. You really have gone one step further in this transparency concept with these colors. It is a knockout.
I love this! I’m so glad I’ve already preordered my planner! 🙂
This is so pretty. I love how you quilted the overlapping areas. Another great design (in my favorite colors.)
What a beautiful quilt ! This has such a shimmer to it and the setting for the photographs is beautiful . You’re right . I wish people had more transparency in their lives . Especially corporations and government
I thought of DNA too !
I love seeing how explore the concept of transparency. The darker purple background is just awesome!
The design in wonderful Yvonne and I think fabric choices are the key which is the tricky part. Clinton Modern Fabrics is hoping to pick up the planner for Canadians . I’m crossing my fingers.
This is one of my favorites of yours, Yvonne! Partially because of the palette, but also because it is SO YOU! Transparency is your thing, and the quilting complements your design beautifully.
Great colours and photos for this quilt Yvonne! The Quilters Planner always looks so tempting!
beautiful quilt!! You don’t sleep!!! I think this planner will be my birthday’s gift in november!!!
I love the optical illusion in this. The mid-pink has a shimmery/blurry quality it to it. I cannot describe it, but I love it.
This is a great pattern. Congrats on having it included in the planner.
Oh that is stunning – and as I already have my quilter’s planner pre-ordered I shall look forward to it for next year!
interested in color, etc of thread used to quilt this with