The white buffalo

by Linda Theil

The topic of my quilt-study-group sew-along was "transparency", but the only experience I had with creating the illusion of transparency was with a Shea Henderson free pattern called "The Buffalo Check Quilt". I was fascinated by this pattern and created an AppletonDance post on the topic in 2016, but never got to explore the concept as I wished. Until yesterday when I planned to come up with a "transparency" concept to work on during the sew-along.

But the buffalo-check pattern makes specific demands in terms of fabrics, and I didn't have the necessary clear color and associated "blend" to work with. From what I understood, I needed a clear bright color and a grayed-out version of the same color to create the illusion of a woven buffalo check pattern.

I had no grayed-out fabric! I had gray jelly-roll strips, though. And gray is the grayed-out version of what color?

Oh, my gosh; I can make a White Buffalo! And I did.

2.5-inch strip sets: white & gray, and black & gray

Cut across strip sets at 2.5-inches wide

Sew strips together to desired width.

Sew together in alternating rows to desired length.

Resources

"Buffalo-chex patchwork" by Linda Theil/Appleton Dance May 26, 2016,
https://appletondance.blogspot.com/2016/05/buffalo-chex-patchwork.html

School of Sewing website by Shea Henderson,
http://www.theschoolofsewing.com/

"The Buffalo Check Quilt" free pattern, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fFUp02iQ74vwHSsDXagapz6xllpkyg3K/view?pli=1

Comments

Cathy said…

Love it, Linda Lee! So creative as usual---loved your aha moment!!

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