Q.I.P.

Quilt In Progress, that is. The brown, orange and gold strip was a raffle prize at November's meeting of London Quilters - lucky number 515. London Quilters is having an exhibition at Swiss Cottage Library in May, so this is the start of my entry for that exhibition.

Fortunately there was a trader at the meeting- I was sure I had nothing at home that would go with this - so I could buy the brown-and-turquoise fabrics to get started. The rest are from the stash, and include silks as well as some transparent synthetics. This will be a wall quilt, of course. The swirly goldish fabrics on the left started out with a white background and responded well to a bit of fabric paint.Here's the first layout, with brownish organza overlaying some of the more glittering stuff. It'll have an "oriental scroll" format:
The ginkgo leaves will be added once the squares are sewn together, as will some "confetti" of some sort:
But first, some smaller ones will be appliqued onto individual squares. The line round the edge of the leaf will be part of the quilting:
It's been lying on the floor, ready to roll, for a week now!