I have been in a quilting mood. As evidenced by the stash, I have a lot of potential quilts hanging over me. Yes, I say hanging over me, because although I love the stash, it has it's drawbacks. Buying fabric without a certain pattern in mind means you have to pick a pattern that works with the fabric you already have. A challenge I usually enjoy, but I have been hitting the wall lately. I haven't had this fabric as long as the others, but it seems like I have the right idea. A good starting place. I like to be confident before I cut, so I deliberate. A lot. Part of the triumph of this particular idea is that instead of slicing up the fabric I just made a few color copies of it, cut those out and just laid them together. Then took a picture, copied it several times and voila, a visual.15 April, 2009
A solid idea. Finally. I think?
I have been in a quilting mood. As evidenced by the stash, I have a lot of potential quilts hanging over me. Yes, I say hanging over me, because although I love the stash, it has it's drawbacks. Buying fabric without a certain pattern in mind means you have to pick a pattern that works with the fabric you already have. A challenge I usually enjoy, but I have been hitting the wall lately. I haven't had this fabric as long as the others, but it seems like I have the right idea. A good starting place. I like to be confident before I cut, so I deliberate. A lot. Part of the triumph of this particular idea is that instead of slicing up the fabric I just made a few color copies of it, cut those out and just laid them together. Then took a picture, copied it several times and voila, a visual.
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Okay now that's just brilliant, and a tiny bit over-achieving obsessive...
:-)
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