Howdy Sweet Quilting Friends! Today I'm doing what I do best, making a HUGE fun mess. Pulling fabric is the best part of quilting, don't you think? I'm digging deep into the stash to find my most loved pieces of out of print Lakehouse Drygoods fabrics. Some of these I forgot I owned. My original plan for this quilt was to work only from the scrap bins. But there just isn't enough variety of prints and scale of prints. I'll use what I can from the scrap bins then supplement with the larger pieces. In the picture below all but the solid yellow is Lakehouse Drygoods. The solid will be the background fabric, well at least that's the plan as of right now.
The pattern I'm using is called Home Again by Erin Russek. It's a free block of the month. You can read more about on Erin's blog One Piece At a Time here and here.
Not all the fabrics in the scrap bins are Lakehouse prints. There's a little of everything from Moda to Walmart fabrics.
The birds are giving me a little trouble. I can't decide on the perfect combination of prints. A little more digging might be in order. Before you know it I'll have every fabric out of the cabinet. This is how most quilters work fabric magic. For those of you who struggle to match fabric here's the secret...Play with your fabric a lot. And then pull more fabric and play a little more. Then if needed go shopping for more!
Maybe the fabrics in my little test bird is a better option for color? Well I'm going to be here for a little while longer.
After I make a plan for the center Medallion block I can move onto the smaller blocks. Aren't they just the cutest! See you in a few days with the results!
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Whatever you choose, make sure your efforts will show up against whatever else goes into the block, including against the background. You aqua bird is darling but the contrast does not show her up very much.
ReplyDeleteHave playing wit your fabrics.Looking forward your finished block
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