Design Wall Monday

I love quilts with a 3-D effect.  TVQA's Spring Seminar was last Thursday through Saturday and there were many classes offered.  The class that got my attention was "Over the Rainbow" taught by Lisa Hardy.  I was intrigued by the optical illusion of depth when proper color choices and placement is chosen.  I wanted to know how did Lisa accomplished this look?  The quilt gives the appearance of 12 blocks on the bottom with 6 blocks centered on top of the 12 and a final 2 blocks placed in the center on top of the 6 blocks.  We were told to choose 25-30 colors of our choice and Lisa had us pre-cut the fabric into strips.  I was amazed to finish the center blocks during our 3 hr. class.  I came home and made 2 more blocks on Saturday.

The part that is most challenging for me is choosing the colors.  I want the quilt to have good variation of color and keep with the illusion of depth.  Here is what I have so far....

Over the Rainbow