The quilt is for someone special so I want it to be nice. After a lot of thinking and sketching, I was sure I had a plan.
I began cutting...lots of fussy cutting. The prints are this quilt are quite large and the repeat is wide as well. So I wanted to catch the cuteness of the fabric and begin with big fussy cut squares in the center of the quilt.
But as I started to put these squares up on the design wall to see how they looked, I realized that the two borders I had planned (one from a print that was really too large to be a border print and one that was 'piano keys' style) were going to take away from the quilt.
So now I am going simple squares with simple straight line quilting and let the fabric do the talking. I love this look and am always inspired by Rita at Red Pepper Quilts who can make magic with simple squares.
:o)
4 comments:
They are gorgeous fabrics. And there is a lot of time spent fussy cutting. Good luck with your quilt.
PS I love Rita's work, too.
This is going to be lovely! Can't wait to see more. I agree, Rta is such an inspiration!
I totally agree. Beautiful fabrics, simple squares, lovely quilt.
I really like the fabrics you are using! sometimes we have to let the fabric tell us what they want to be.. my fabric has been telling me it likes sitting in the cabinets :)
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