Saturday, September 16, 2017

Brain Worm

Have you ever had an idea for a quilt?  Not using a pattern?  Something you made up in your own little wee brain?  I know lots of my bloggy friends do, but I don't do it often.  Well, I had an idea.  Then I saw fabric that I had to buy, which would work with my idea perfectly, so I ordered it.  

I then sat down with graph paper, drew the design out, measurements of my different fabric cuts and figured out how much background fabric I would need so I didn't have to piece large strips together for my borders.

I am sure I am Fat Quarter Shop's favorite person as of late!

I ordered 6 different cuts of what appeared to be red Moda Grunge--  Cherry, Geranium, Maraschino, Raspberry, Rocacco, Sateen.  Colors Right to left, and yes I actually labelled them for future reference.  FYI post it notes do not stick to cloth well, will have to use some straight pins.  :D

 Threw my main/focus fabric on top and started eliminating.

Geranium, Raspberry, and Rocacco were out.  That left 3, thank goodness I was worried it was going to be tougher than that.

Laid the 3 on top to see which matched the best.  I will say that it is hard to tell, but the focus fabric has a dark red and a lighter red.  So the Cherry (far right) or the Maraschino (center) were great matches, but I decided I wanted to go with the brighter Cherry.

I went with the lighter red because my background is going to be Moda Grunge Little Black Dress.

Now to see if I can execute to make my idea work.











10 comments:

  1. good choice. I was going to pick that one too. cant wait to see the final product.

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  2. Oh man, that print grabbed my attention. I totally love these fabrics together and can't wait to see what you are stitching.
    xx, Carol

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  3. Sounds intriguing--can't wait to see your improv piece...hugs, Julierose

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  4. Oooh......likey..likey.....With those fabrics it's gonna look great. I think of patterns too sometimes. I like working or hmmmmm....trying to work out the maths of it all. I still seem to get it wrong more times that right!!! ha!!!

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  5. Great choices of fabric and color! Cherry and Little Black Dress make the red in the focus fabric pop.

    Yes, I have designed quilts inspired by fabric without a pattern. starting with an image in my head. I call it my quilty muse.

    Looks like your quilty muse is speaking and you must follow. Looking forward to seeing where you are going with this ... :-) Pat

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  6. That's where the fun is...in the journey! Look forward to seeing where you go, those grunge fabrics are sure pretty all lined up together :)

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  7. Pretty. Looking forward to seeing what you create.

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  8. I design lots of my quilts. Graph paper and colored pencils are my friends. I stink at how much fabric I'll need, but, since I always guess way more than necessary, I usually turn out ok. Have fun designing.

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