Overalls - part one

I have 2 pairs of overalls that I wear in the garden.  I love them!  This year, at QuiltCon, I noticed a lot of fun clothes and fun overalls that quilters had made or decorated up.  Not for the garden, but just to wear and enjoy something fun!  So, I bought a overalls pattern called, "Riley Overalls" by the company True Bias.  I made up the pattern in lightweight muslin, fitted it, and then tore it back to individual pieces.  I wanted to use the muslin as a base for piecing.  

I sketched up 5 different ideas for adding artistic elements and here they are:

The one on the left shows an ombre effect; the next one is plain except for piecing on the diagonal at the bottom and the pocket; the next shows wavy inserts with circle motifs on the legs and pocket and vertical piecing on the rest; next is log cabin type of piecing with rows of rick rack on the legs and pockets; and the final one show vertical inserts of circular motifs.  I liked the one with the log cabin type of piecing and pulled green fabrics to do them with the ombre effect.

It looked like there was about 8 shade families in this pile.  I measured and drew lines on the muslin to end up with 8 sections that would gradually blend from dark at the bottom to light at the top.  Then, I started making the log cabin blocks within each of the 8 shade families.  Here is the bottom row in place.

The next picture shows that the log cabin blocks are placed to fill the space, then they are sewn together with the bottom of the row trimmed to be even.

The final step in attaching each row was to sew a strip at the top to meet the pre-drawn line.  It's a lot of work to "make" the fabric, but so far, I was liking the effect.

I hope you like it so far too!