The sewing machine has been steadily humming away ... it's been a week of stitching ~ block after block.
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As you can see I have kept my promise to cut into my stash of
Amy Butler's Soul Blossom fabric.
Every time I start a new project I know you are waiting to see what I come up with, and rest assured I was feeling the pressure with this one. I do love these bold fabrics, however successfully mixing multi-colored, small and large scale prints together can be tricky. When combining such a mix of fabric the quilt top can start to look so busy that the overall quilt design is lost.
And so, I have used a really simple traditional quilt design. The center square of each block is sashed and in general I have alternated the printed fabric with a solid fabric for each alternate block. Using a range of solid fabric has added an element of calm to the quilt top. Selecting various solid fabric was not difficult as there are just so many colors in the Soul Blossoms fabric that provide a suitable color match.
Now for some really exciting news:~
Randi from Fresh~Squeezed Fabrics has very generously offered to give away a Fat Quarter Bundle of Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms fabric to ONE lucky Red Pepper Quilts reader. Oh wow ~ The whole range!
Soul Blossoms Fat Quarter Bundle
To be in the draw all you have to do is leave a comment on this post (please ensure that an email address is available on your profile). International visitors are very welcome to enter! Only one comment per person/email address will be eligible to enter the draw
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The draw will take place at noon (AEDT) on Sunday 16 January 2011, at which time comments to this post will be closed. The winner will be announced here on my blog the same day, and will also contacted by email. The
Fat Quarter Bundle of Soul Blossoms fabric will be shipped directly to you from
Fresh-Squeezed Fabrics.
Thank you Randi for your very generous sponsorship!
Good luck everyone, and remember you have to be in it to win it!
Rita
ENTRY TO THIS GIVEAWAY HAS NOW CLOSED.
WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.