While buying fabric at the giant Fabric Depot down the street (lucky for me just 15 blocks away), I couldn’t resist all the beautiful quilting fabrics. Of course, they were having a 40%-off-everything-in-the-store sale so I had to make the most of it. And so it begins…
I’m using a technique from the book Stitch ‘n Flip Quilts. It’s the perfect type of quilt for letting your creativity flow. The basic idea is that you start with one small, misshapen piece of fabric (a focal point) and you sew randomly shaped pieces around the circumference until you reach 6 (or 9 or 12, whatever) inches around and then you square it off. Sew several of these together and you have your quilt. The one on the cover of the book was my inspiration.
So these are my fabrics:
I must have spent 4 hours matching all of these - I’m calling it the Secret Garden quilt.
April 24th, 2003 at 10:31 pm
Oh, Jamie, that’s going to be beautiful! I wish I could get my act together and finish the four quilts I started - I haven’t even used my new quilting foot yet! I’m just too lazy to get the sewing machine out.
Good luck! I can’t wait to see the pictures when it’s done!
April 25th, 2003 at 1:27 pm
Looks great! The colors are beautiful, and the method looks easy and fun. My next quilting adventure is going to be paper piecing. I’m waiting for the fabric to arrive (ordered it online). It’s a hard wait …
It’ll be fun to watch your progress on the quilt!
April 25th, 2003 at 1:55 pm
Lovely fabrics, Jamie- stitch & flip is fun. Me, I’m a strip quilting fan- when I’m not doing other stuff
and yes, I have as much quilting fabric stashed as I do yarn.