Inspiration needed!
#1
Inspiration needed!
I bought these gorgeous fabrics. Normally I have difficulty finding fabrics for a particular pattern. This time I found the fabrics w/o a pattern in mind and I'm having a total block on how to best show case these fabrics in a quilt! Please help me find the purrrrrfect pattern! Thank you!
PS
The stripped fabric doesn't look like it blends, but it does. I was actually picturing using it as my binding.
PS
The stripped fabric doesn't look like it blends, but it does. I was actually picturing using it as my binding.
#2
I just got the "Swoon" pattern download from Connecting Threads and it would be great in these fabrics.
Here is the link (I hope)
http://www.connectingthreads.com/Pat...__D10253D.HTML
Here is the link (I hope)
http://www.connectingthreads.com/Pat...__D10253D.HTML
#3
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Gorgeous fabric! Yep, I have done that also.
Right now I'm lovin the tumbler pattern. How much of that solid purple did you buy? That's a good separator fabric. Summer Porch by Quilt in a Day would be very pretty using that solid purple for the sashing and it would showcase the pretty prints. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...summer%20porch
Your stripe fabric would be gorgeous cut on a diagonal for the binding - also easier to match up seams.
Right now I'm lovin the tumbler pattern. How much of that solid purple did you buy? That's a good separator fabric. Summer Porch by Quilt in a Day would be very pretty using that solid purple for the sashing and it would showcase the pretty prints. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...summer%20porch
Your stripe fabric would be gorgeous cut on a diagonal for the binding - also easier to match up seams.
#5
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How about Shadowbox with the darker purple as the shadow? Beautiful fabrics and I would use the stripe for the binding too. I usually do straight edge binding but in this case I might do bias binding to get the Barber pole effect.
#6
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Chopsticks would be cute in this if you had enough of the fabric that reads solid or add one like a white.
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2011/04/chopsticks.html
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2011/04/chopsticks.html
#7
When I saw your fabrics I thought of the "Swirly Girls designs" a pattern called "Focus Pocus" - I saw the pattern on this board - one of our members - Tealfalcon - has the quilt as her avatar. Try looking it up on this board - I haven't quite figured out how to link it here.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...on-u26856.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...on-u26856.html
Last edited by 0tis; 04-23-2013 at 08:25 AM. Reason: add link
#8
this is similar to Otis' suggestion, but this was my first thought http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...n-t219655.html
#9
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someone posted this one in the chat room the other night. I thought it was beautiful, and think it would work with your fabrics. You could the stripe as the sashing? http://www.quilterscache.com/images8/nicolesCL.jpg
#10
French Braid????
I bought these gorgeous fabrics. Normally I have difficulty finding fabrics for a particular pattern. This time I found the fabrics w/o a pattern in mind and I'm having a total block on how to best show case these fabrics in a quilt! Please help me find the purrrrrfect pattern! Thank you!
PS
The stripped fabric doesn't look like it blends, but it does. I was actually picturing using it as my binding.
PS
The stripped fabric doesn't look like it blends, but it does. I was actually picturing using it as my binding.
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