These fabrics were given to me at my Quilt Guild by the Service Committee, asking that I do something with them.
This first group is shirtings
The central block here is a Liberty of London print, a finer gauge woven of lighter weight, more finely woven cotton fabric than the Shirtings.
I don’t know that other folks would even Quilt with these materials. But they're donated to our Guild, so recognizing how fortunate that is, I am grateful.
Trying out various arrangements against a
Mocha colored piece of Kona cotton.
The Featured Print this Fuchsia colored
Liberty print with this cream colored pigment printed overlay. It's a
complex fabric with a woven Indian Madras-type plaid, intensely colored, finely woven
cotton.
Just moving the fabrics around, getting used to seeing them together.
In hindsight, after this quilt is done, I can see this kind of design exploration play led me to the checkerboard border around this quilt.
Again, moving things around in the border by sections, I came upon a nice arrangement which transitioned smoothly from one group of colors to another & moved the Viewer's eye around the perimeter of the Quilt.
Next, the back, pieced from a lovely blue
print a quilting colleague shared with me, seeing how much better it blended
with my project than hers, she offered me the fabric.
Good fun & so satisfying to see it completed.
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