I have been spreading the wealth all over recently -- a few fat quarters from here, a few fat quarters from there... every shop has its own speciality. Early last week I was in Newmarket at The Quilt Store to fill in the rest of my fabric palette for BFF, which I'll show soon. Then on Friday I went up to Quilter's Cupboard in Uxbridge because I needed some very light traditional-style blues for my Hourglass quilt. Here they are already washed and cut:
I did not want to buy fabric for the Hourglass quilt, but I ran out of lights before I used up all the darks. Plus, the whole thing had so much gold and brown that it was starting to feel syrupy, so I thought the light blue would perk it up. It looks nice with this old dusty pink floral I had:
The vast majority of the fabrics in this quilt are busy, high contrast fabrics, and I am starting to realize that these low contrast lights are going to end up being very important in the final assembly. Here's a variety of lights with the same dusty pink floral:
Isn't it interesting how the two, almost solid, blue fabrics stand out? Even though the middle one on the bottom is almost white:
It will be interesting to see how it all comes out in the end. Despite my best efforts to predict, I think it will still be a surprise! This batch brings the Hourglass Ticker up to 353, so I'm on a roll. :)
Monday, July 29, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
A Few Purples
I know there are many quilters who never met a purple fabric they didn't like, but somehow when I am at the store I never come home with anything purple. It is like a blind spot! The final straw was this week, when I was searching my embroidery floss stash for purple thread, and there were only two in the whole box! I want to use some purples in Best Friends Forever, so today I hit the store. My main purpose was just to buy floss, but of course I came home with fabric too:
This is all from Art of Fabric in Pickering, Ontario. Fortunately the owner is a big fan of purple!
I think these will be perfect. Now that they've had their "beauty shot," it's time to throw them in the wash!
This is all from Art of Fabric in Pickering, Ontario. Fortunately the owner is a big fan of purple!
I think these will be perfect. Now that they've had their "beauty shot," it's time to throw them in the wash!
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