Modern Mini Challenge

Most of you will be aware of the Modern Mini Quilt Contest that Jennifer is running over at Ellison Lane Quilts.  I've  been following the series, the quilters she's featured and the discussions about modern quilting avidly. I have also intended all along to enter a mini quilt.

Only today is the deadline. And I've been rather busy with life. I left all a little bit too late. I intended to take my off cuts from the FTLOS Drunkard's Path cuts and turn them into a mini quilt along these lines.

Something like this...

...or this.

Too little time left too late. My own fault. It just was not going to happen. But 'She Who Must Be Obeyed' (Hadley) told me to make a mug rug. So I did. I am not necessarily as happy with it was I would have been with one of the above. But in many ways it represents modern quilting to me. Let me explain.

First off, modern means colour to me.

It also means breaking the 'rules' when it suits your purposes.
I trimmed the DPs to 2.5" square,
and didn't keep the colour pieces even deliberately.

I pieced them into bow ties,
with varied shades of neutrals.
Lots of negative space - another thing that means modern to me.
Then I decided I didn't like it,
But I was out of time.

So I hand stitched.
Perle cotton makes me happy.
It is also another of the things I consider part of modern quilting.

This is the finished mug rug.
8.5" square.

For better or worse, this is what I have made to enter into Jennifer's linky party.

Susan