Stitch and Pieces: Liberty Squares Quilt: A quilt in progress

In an earlier blog post I showed off some Liberty fabric purchases from the Festival of Quilts. Normally I squirrel these fabrics away and save them for a suitable project, but this time I didn't stash all of the fabrics away. Instead I started cutting some of the prints into 2½" squares (what else?) and adding them to other cherished Liberty fabrics.

Working with tana lawn is a real joy. Believe it or not, it has been a pleasure to cut up 1000+ squares - the feel of the fabric, the colour combinations, the patterns. I reckon there are over 100 different prints included here. It surprised me that I have so many different prints, but it has been an opportunity to remind myself that I am very fortunate to have such a wide selection of such a quality fabric. In this quilt I have now used up some prints from stash and I don't know if I will be able to get hold of them again. That doesn't feel sad, in fact it feels really satisfying. I am going to keep hold of this quilt for me and knowing that there are some fabrics making their "last outing" will make me treasure this quilt more.