Getting closer to done with the Blue Squares quilt top.
Next up the top and bottom sashing and final border get added on.
Ahhhh, my second purchase of the Amy Butler fabric doesn't exactly match. At least it's all going around the outside edge so hopefully it won't be too noticeable.
And there it is all done! Once it gets quilted I'll try to take a better picture.
OMG! I didn't realize you were using a blue fruit basket for the center! How did I not get that??? It looks like you used a lot fewer Kaffe/Philip Jacobs fabrics than the pink version in Quilts in the Cotswolds calls for. I don't plan on using all Kaffe/Philip Jacobs fabrics. If I have some Martha Negley fabrics in pink, I will use those and I also want to cut out some fruit motifs and use those. I might start on this quilt just because I am thinking so much about it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I started the quilt at the CQFA retreat, I didn't have the basket fabric yet, and was debating whether or not to use it or something else. But that was years and years ago. All of the fabrics for the squares/rectangles are Kaffe/Phillip Jacobs, but there isn't the variety nor the amount of fussy cutting happening in my quilt. Also I used more stripes and solids than the pattern called for. I do regret the fabric choice I made for the framing fabric, it's an Amy Butler, and the color/pattern is fine, but the scale of it is wrong for what would have really worked. So my advice is pay a lot of attention to that particular fabric choice.
ReplyDeleteFor your pink one, I think mixing it up with other designers would really work out great. It'd be fun to compare and contrast the artistic approaches to flowers side by side. You should start on it while you're thinking about it.