You know, I just have not been able to muster the umph to work on a quilt since Daddles died while I was sewing on a new design at the sewing machine. Gotta break that spell.
I've done a little applique, but my heart has not quite been in it. Gotta let go of the guilt that she needed me, and I was playing at sewing.
Some brand new fabric over which I have been drooling for a while. Something bold and bright and inspiring. Lots of happy yellow to influence my mood.
Please help me choose among the fabrics below for a new, easy, easy quilt. Something with large blocks or borders. Yellow brick road pattern, maybe. Suggestions?
So tonight I decided to pick out my Christmas present. It is not going to be the combined birthday/Christmas and anniversary present for which i have tried to save. I've told Gordon that each year, instead of a bunch of little presents I'd like one nice piece of jewelry for birthday, Christmas and anniversary. Maybe next year. I said that last year. "sigh"
What do you think of this focus fabric? This is the one I can't get out of my mind, so it needs to come live here, right? It i produced by Alexander Henry, and I think it was introduced last year. That means it won't be around for much longer.
With a few exceptions for very successful fabric lines, the companies only produce a fabric for a year, and then they move on to fresh designs and fresh colors.
It keeps fabric-aholics like me hopelessly hooked on adding to our fabric stash!
Then I found this Aunt Grace reproduction fabric in the eBay store of one of my favorite eBay fabric sellers. She runs a tab for me when I ask, and that gets dangerous. I've had to be increasingly budget disciplined this year, so fabric shopping online tonight is like chocolate!
So, those two fabrics are now ordered. Now I need to pick out some more fabrics. I have to fight hard my tendency to be too "matchy" with fabric, and that is where I need your help.
This batik looked like little worms to me, and I thought that would be appropriate for the birds in the quilt. I'm "seeing" this quilt as light and airy with the Aunt Grace fabric being the heaviest visual impact. The yellow with red worms can be an accent fabric, maybe even the binding? Maybe the backing of the quilt?
To lighten the quilt, I thought a cream and black dot would be nice. I wish I could find a cream with more random dots. The background of the birds is cream, and the daisies are cream.
I did find a paint splatter print that I thought would work instead of the symmetrical dots. It is called Tints and Tones from Kauffman. I can't quite tell the colors in it from this picture. If it does not work for this quilt, it will work for something else.
This green swirl looks nice. It is made by Moda Since the green in the bird print and the green in the daisy print are not the same, it probably does not matter if this swirl green is more like the daisy leaf green? What do you think?
See, I struggle with this, so your input will be greatly appreciated.