This spring, I completed a little table runner from a scrap of striped fabric I won at a quilt guild winter auction.
I never need much of a push to buy more fabric. I started looking around, but of course, now the fabric is no longer really current. I couldn't find the exact fabric I had won, but found a bright circus-y version -
A pastel version-
and a muted grey and sand colored version.
I was kind of regretting the purchase of the circus colored fabric. It was so outrageously bright. I was looking for a quick project before diving back into "On Ringo Lake" and started cutting up the fabric. I was thinking a few wall hangings (maybe to put up on Etsy - as I am in the process of totally revamping that site of mine), or maybe a baby quilt (ditto).
Once I started putting it together, I loved it. I set out a 4 block square (about 18 inches square)
Then I did a 16 block square - about 36 inches square. Maybe a baby quilt if I add a border.
Then I kept going until I ran out of blocks. Now I am loving this so totally as a large lap quilt. But, I like longer quilts, so I actually ordered up MORE of this fabric to add a row or two to the length, and then I'll have enough to make some wall hangings.
So, when I was ordering up that extra fabric, I found some other colors, too. No half measures for me! Now I have a dark orange version -
and a blue version -
I can't wait to play around with these beautiful fabrics. I think the neutral gray/sand one will be stunning in a large piece. I recently purchased the EQ8 software, and am starting to try designing some other patterns with striped fabric. I also want to work on the block sizes to get wall hangings and baby quilts to sizes I prefer. Stay tuned! Take care,
Gretchen
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