TooGoodToBeThrough

Less is More

The idea had crossed my mind to use the floral batik for the stars and the newest dark fabric for the outer border, but it wasn't until I read Jackie's comment in which she mentioned the same thing that I thought I better give that idea further consideration.  The main reason I hesitated to make floral stars was that I thought they'd be lost against the busy light-blue background fabric.  Solution:  don't use the busy light-blue background fabric!  So I laid out a block puzzle-style (no sewing) on some cream-on-cream tiny dot fabric I had to see how it looked, and I love it!  

I don't have enough of the cream background fabric to finish the quilt, so I'll stop by my local Fabric Depot with my 40% off coupon tonight to look for more of the dots or something else that will work just as well.  And I may swap out the dark green large corner blocks with something more subtle.  But I think I'm there, which makes working on a quilt so much more fun.

Thank you, Jackie (no blog?)!  And to Wendy, too, who suggested going with a scrappy look for the stars -- I adore scrappy quilts, but for this particular project I wanted the floral batik to take center stage.  And thanks to my BFF Jane (no blog), who suffers through my endless self-doubting when it comes to this hobby we both enjoy.  She has to listen, or I won't let her borrow my walking foot.  Ha!

Me,
Jane

A Wild Goose Chase

That's how I'd describe my quest to find a better 'star' fabric for my current project. 

This quilt is a wedding gift for a young couple.  Other than requesting blues and greens, they wanted to leave the rest up to me.  The border fabric is a Hoffman batik called Gerbera and was my inspiration for the other fabrics.  I love the background fabric and corner squares, but after making a couple of stars with the swirl print fabric, I thought the contrast was a little too harsh with the border fabric. 

So I packed up my border fabric and a couple of the swirly star blocks I'd finished and off I went to four (or was it twenty-four?) stores to find a fabric I liked better.  It didn't take long to realize I was looking for a very unusual shade of blue.  But finally, there it was, a gray-navy-blue-teal-mossy-green batik in a subtle print that I was sure would be the perfect fabric for my stars.  

Or was it?

Now I'm thinking it's too dark and not so perfect after all. 

I think I need to make a couple more stars in the new fabric before I make a final decision. 

Opinions welcome!

Me,
Jane