When moving house, I began to reassess my fabric stash and fabric needs. I've only been quilting for a few years, but I already a heap of fabric that I "wonder" about.
I wonder why I bought it. I wonder whether I will ever use it. I wonder whether I actually like it.
So I decided to use it all up. Not just hoard it on a shelf, but actually use it. All of it. Even if I don't like it as much, as I obviously once thought I did.
So, anyways, I'm working on a new quilt and would love some feedback from you, my lovely friends.
It's going to have a central square panel onto which I was going to appliqué some hexagons. I used scraps from the rest if the quilt.
I have a few layouts, but would love to know which layout you like best... or none at all.
I think I like the last one best.
Which one speaks to you? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Do you have a mountain of fabric which you "wonder" about?
I liked the second one (reminded me of flower petals blowing in the wind)....then I saw the last one and fell in love! Looks like a snowflake (which I have a total fascination with).... So, depending on the mood/season of the rest of the quilt....
ReplyDeleteI like the movement of number 2. Number 3 does look a bit like a snowflake to me too - so will that make it "christmassy"?
ReplyDeleteI like them all but I also like the "snowflake" one the best. :D
ReplyDeleteI also have a lot of fabric that I wonder about and I am using it up. Hubby even told me the other how proud he is of me because lately all I have bought is stuff to finish things and quilting thread as I get ready to quilt each project.
I'm just looking forward to being down to about 20 yards of fabric total. I think I can get there by the end of 2013 if I get some stick-to-itiveness. (Yes, I just made that word up.)
I love the snowflake one. I also like the layout of number 2 but i think if you are making this an overall design having the snowflakes falling to the bottom of your quilt will look amazing. Maybe on a black or dark blue or grey fabric. Cant't wait to see what you do with this. So glad you are back in a designing mood, i love seeing your quilts as they progress and become wonderful creations.
ReplyDeleteI like the center one the best, perhaps because it is both representational (the flower) and abstract.
ReplyDeleteI do have a bunch of fabric that I wonder about. Sometimes I wonder why I bought it, more often I wonder what it says about me that I like so many different types of fabric. I see the headers of blogs I love or look at collages and see such cohesion. The quilts I have made, and the ones one my To Do list, are all over the map. That is what I wonder about, when I pull fabric out and am surrounded by it.
I loved the first one, but then I saw the last one and it became my favorite. Can't wait to see where you go with this design.
ReplyDeleteI loved the first one, but then I saw the last one and it became my favorite. Can't wait to see where you go with this design.
ReplyDeleteI love Mhairi's idea of using the snowflake at the bottom of the quilt, that would look FAB! Also like no. 2, but the 'snowflake' is definitely my fave.
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I prefer the last one I think because its more cohesive as a central motif. You could also, rather than join the outer spokes to the V part of the central flower, have them floating a short distance away from it or the flat sides. That would make it less snowflake-y if you don't like that look of it. Just a suggestion!
ReplyDeleteI, too, like the last one.
ReplyDeleteSince I am given fabric from my community quilting group (which is donated to us in one form or another), I often work with individual fabrics I don't like. But I just use them up in scrappy quilts -- every fabric fits in somewhere!
The 2nd layout appears to be "grandmothers garden" which is a a traditional English paper piecing pattern. I've not seen what most are referring to as the snowflake, so I'm casting my vote for snowflake.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the last one, aka snowflake. I liked Mhairi's suggestion.
ReplyDeleteI like number 3 the best the snowflake AS I like the blue hexie.
ReplyDeleteI like no. 1 ... I have a growing stash that I wonder about. My problem is that new lovely fabric is coming out quicker than I can use it up!
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