One of the things I love about quilting is working with all the beautiful fabrics. There are so many choices out there. And the choice of fabric can make or break a quilt. When I first started quilting, I kept all my fabric tumbled in a box. Hard to see what I had, but sometimes a fabric would wind up next to another one and I discovered a fabric combination I would never have thought on my own. Who puts peach and light grey together without planning? But you put them next to each other and you see the gorgeous possibilities.
Pattern matters too. You can take a fabric and put it in one pattern and it looks good. You take the same fabric and put it in another pattern and it looks completely different -- good but different.
I did that recently. You previously saw this quilt, using the Robert Kaufman Stargazer fabrics. It's a court house steps with the planets in the middle.
I loved the fabrics so much, that I wanted another quilt. So I made a speed (or race) quilt out of them. Same fabrics, except I added the dark blue that I did not use in the previous quilt and left out the planets. It came out like this:
Holy mackeral. Same fabrics. 2 dramatically different but compelling quilts.
Now I wonder what else I can do with those fabrics.
Remember, all quilts are for sale, even if not finished yet. If the top is done, you can select your backing and batting (muslin and polyester batting included in price). As always 25% of the price goes to charity.
