But here I'll share something else I am excited about.
Here are my fabrics for the Modern Plus Sign Quilt Along. Picking the fabrics was a bit of a process. It's a bit calmer than my usual choices. I'm making this quilt for my son and daughter in law and I wanted it to fit in with their living room. So I didn't throw in orange or magenta which where my first inclinations. I opted instead for a slightly calmer effect.
I borrowed a pillow to use for fabric selection but when Wendy and I went to our local (sort of) quilt shop Creative Sisters to pick fabrics I forgot the pillow at home. I did have a picture of their rug on my ipad though so we used that and my memory of the pillow colours to pick all the fabrics but the greys.
We did a pretty good job didn't we. The light blue will be the background, the dark blue is the outline of the large plus sign, the white is the inside of the plus, and the teale green grunge will be the rows of plus signs along the top and bottom of the quilt. I still needed two more fabrics though and I found this fat quarter in my stash.
None of them are a match! I decided to use the two in the first photo which are the top two in this photo but if I can find the light one by the end of the week I might switch it in and replace the darkest grey.
I'm looking forward to working on this quilt along with Cheryl and Paige. I was too busy to join in with last years mystery. Cheryl's quilt alongs move at a nice unhurried pace so if you haven't joined in yet there is still time.
10 comments:
Very pretty palette. You're right, soothing and calming. I like how the Grunge texture complements the print in the pillow.
Hi Lisa, I find it hard to reign in my taste for bright colors too. :) My son has picked a quilt that is almost exactly the colors you are showing here and I have been procrastinating doing it!
Very pretty colors. That grunge quartet of fat quarters is amazing. The top right one, I may have to hunt that one down!
Great choices! I like these calm fabrics.
Really pretty fabrics! You can go wrong with Grunge, I think. The colors remind me of sea glass :)
Great colors and I always love making a quilt knowing where it will go when it is done. The colors are very calming together and look like they will really match. :)
Pretty fabric pull. Great job on the picking the colors.
Great fabric selections!! I'm hesitant to join in any mystery quilt along. I guess I'm impatient and fearful. I want to see the end result before hand. Maybe one day when I get over my fear. :)
Great fabric pull! I love the blues and grays together.
I think your colours are great! I hope the quilt is going well. And I love Mad About Patchwork. They have great service and prices too.
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