As I have mentioned many times previously I am trying to sew as much stash as possible this year. My favourite fabric range in my stash is Wee Wander by Sarah Jane. I love everything about it - the patterns, the images, the colours, the quality of the cotton. I have had it in stash since February 2014 and my love for it over that year has never diminished. I have used the odd small square in other projects, but I have not made much of a dent into the half yard I have of each print.
If I am serious about getting down my stash I have to stop hoarding fabrics, even my favourite ones. I had justified holding on to it because I had not found the right project for it. That's all changed now, though, as I am turning the mini quilt "Drawn Together" from Little Quilts into a larger quilt.
I'm having a lot of fun! I've made three of the pink blocks so far and am about to start on the blues. I love foundation paper piecing and this pattern creates such lovely shapes. To make my fabric go as far as possible I am using lots of white fabric, which I think makes the shapes and colours really striking in any case. I think these favourite fabrics are going to turn into one of my favourite quilts.
The next thing I have to show you contradicts the Sew My Stash mission because these are fabrics which have arrived this dinnertime. How do I justify these amazing Kona Solids in such beautiful colours? They already have a destiny and will be made into a quilt soon for Village Haberdashery's blog The Daily Stitch. They are not going to be stash fabrics because I will be cutting into them this weekend.
This quilt will be my first pure solids quilt but I have already enjoyed playing with these fabrics and the pattern idea, so I doubt it will be the last. When the fabrics arrived I spent a while organising them into their colour groups, which made me feel like a child again as I used to organise my Crayola wax crayons (happy memories!) I won't be showing what I make from these fabrics until the tutorial is written and on The Daily Stitch. Hopefully it won't be long.
Happy creating!
Hello Emmajane! Love your pink 'Drawn Together' blocks! Looking forward to seeing more of that quilt! Have fun with your new fabrics! :) xx
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