This is a continuation of 2 previous posts about the making of Improv Spotted Graffiti. I continued to make pieced blocks for the wonky border. Some were made as triangles; some were made as squares. They were fitted onto the sides as I went to make sure I was filling the space.
When I needed to join the pieces, I lined then up on one of the lines on my cutting mat. After overlapping the ends, I trimmed one of the sides so that the angle was the same. These were then sewn together and the other side was trimmed to be somewhat even, but still sloped.
One thing that bothered me (besides the unbalanced center) was that the piece might need to have a small dividing dark border between the busy background and the wonky border. (That was a decision that I made when I made the improv blocks.) It seemed like that reasoning needed to be carried through to the edge. Well, here is the top with the improv border pinned in place. I decided not to add that first interior border. But I thought that I wanted to applique some of the darker curved pieces out into the border after it gets sewn. However, the interior pieces still bothered me a lot. I seriously considered tearing it apart and trying to remake one of the interior squares and one of the exterior squares. I wasn't that sure how much matching material I had left after making all of the outside borders. (Sigh).
I let it sit for a couple of weeks, while I pondered my next step.
