I've never considered myself a quilter. I've only sewn one quilt top, which is still in the process of being basted in its quilt sandwich. And now with my sewing studio in a corner of the garage, I'm not sure it will ever get finished. Despite this lack of progress, I have quilts running through my head. I keep getting an idea and then looking online to figure out how I would make it. Then, of course, I find another idea I like even more and run with that for a while. Then nostalgia brings me back to the first idea and then my sense of adventure pushes me to incorporate both ideas into one quilt. And so it goes, back and forth between simple and complex. In the end, I decided to move forward with a simple statement-type quilt that would come together quickly and easily and wouldn't require the purchase of any new tools or patterns. With these criteria in mind, I went with the BlueBird Park baby quilt tutorial from Samelia's Mum.
Since I already have plenty of baby blankets, I'm hoping to make this one twin-sized, or at least lap quilt-sized. Essentially, I want to quadruple the size of the blanket from the tutorial, which means I need 20 fat quarters (or the equivalent in yardage). I'm using a few burgundy and purple fat quarters from my stash as the basis for my color palette with some off-white for the corners of each square. I want to add more fabrics from the red side of purple, but apparently these colors are not "in" at the moment. Most of the fabrics are at the blue end, or too light. I did find a few, though, so I have enough fabric for half of my quilt. It's enough to get me started at least. In the meantime, I'll keep on the lookout for more purple-, burgundy-, and gold-toned fabrics. Maybe next season's fabrics will be warmer (i.e. red-toned instead of blue-toned). But I really hope I don't have to wait that long. If you see any quilting fabrics that match my palette, please (please, please, please) let me know. I would be forever grateful.
Since I already have plenty of baby blankets, I'm hoping to make this one twin-sized, or at least lap quilt-sized. Essentially, I want to quadruple the size of the blanket from the tutorial, which means I need 20 fat quarters (or the equivalent in yardage). I'm using a few burgundy and purple fat quarters from my stash as the basis for my color palette with some off-white for the corners of each square. I want to add more fabrics from the red side of purple, but apparently these colors are not "in" at the moment. Most of the fabrics are at the blue end, or too light. I did find a few, though, so I have enough fabric for half of my quilt. It's enough to get me started at least. In the meantime, I'll keep on the lookout for more purple-, burgundy-, and gold-toned fabrics. Maybe next season's fabrics will be warmer (i.e. red-toned instead of blue-toned). But I really hope I don't have to wait that long. If you see any quilting fabrics that match my palette, please (please, please, please) let me know. I would be forever grateful.
