Stacks of Fun

Last weekend I started on a new quilt, Leanne Beasley's 'The Comfort Quilt'. I wanted a summer quilt for our bed that would use fabrics from my travels in New Zealand and Japan. I was inspired by pics of stacks of fabric for this quilt so I decided to try and stack my own fabrics. My attempts weren't very neat as I have odd bits and pieces....

Grey/blues

Olive/browns

Greens

Then I put them altogether (inside a box lid). I found this a really worthwhile excercise to assess and sort the fabrics that I had. I thought I needed more fabrics before I did this sorting so I didn't need to buy any more (famous last words).

This is the key fabric that I centred my choices around. I love blue and green together and there will be a piece of this fabric in each block.

 I tea dyed some fabrics to dull the bright white.

Each block is made up of 8 different mini blocks, this is one of them...

Each block is the same pattern which is then rotated to give a random overall look. I've had a fun creative weekend completing these first three blocks.

Block #1

Block #2

Block #3

I will be entering this in the Quilting Gallery's 'Show and Tell' as this week's theme is 'New Beginnings'

The pattern for the Comfort Quilt quilt is in Leanne's #3 Vignette magazine.

If you haven't already, please check out the giveaway on my previous blog.

Cheers

Carole