I challenged myself to shop my stash for all of the fabrics and I did. I only had enough yardage of one batik, the green, which will be the background (Fabric D).
The two lighter batiks will be Fabrics A and B with the spotted one being Fabric A. I wanted to reverse these and make the spots Fabric B but there wasn't enough. I just realized I didn't include Fabric C in my photographs but I've chosen a brown, another batik, as Fabric C. I'll show it next time.
So far we've cut the half-square triangles and I have a pile of trimming to show for it.
And, here are the finished half-square triangles (HSTs) all trimmed and neatly stacked.
So far so good as the next round of instructions comes out this Thursday, October 5th. Excited to have kept up to this point I'm linking to Beth at Cooking Up Quilts for MCM #90.
Shopping your stash is not as exciting as buying new, but you have found some real sweet picks for this project. And will feel so good about making room for future purchases. The pile of HST's looks promising!
ReplyDeleteOh Paige, those are such lovely fabrics! Your quilt will be beautiful. I really love the softness of the cream fabrics against that green. Thanks for linking to MCM!
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm, your fabrics really do look like Magnolia flowers! This will be such a pretty quilt.
ReplyDeletePaige these are such beautiful fall colors. Looking forward to see how this mystery unfolds.
ReplyDeleteLooking pretty! Doesn't a trimmed up pile of HST feel like such an accomplishment?
ReplyDeleteI like your color choices, Paige! I'm waiting for the next step, and looking forward to how this mystery turns out.
ReplyDeleteI, too, struggled a bit with yardage when shopping my stash and had to use fabrics I liked in different spots than I was hoping. Your HSTs look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be lovely! I like that you're using green as the background with neutrals as the accents!
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ReplyDeleteWhat very pretty fabrics! That stack of HSTs look like they will become something beautiful when they grow up. HSTs are my new favorite blocks - they are so darn versatile. I look forward to seeing where this project goes. ~smile~ Roseanne
I love that you switched things up and are using a darker background. I think these are going to look great. Almost time for the next instructions :)
ReplyDeletesoft and so like the magnolia blossoms down here, in those pale shades. The green is really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in how this quilt will turn out made in batiks. I think it's great that you shopped your stash....for this quilt....unfortunately for me a lot of my stash is fat quarters so It's a bit harder to shop for an entire quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love the shopping in stash and batiks you choose. Missing this QAL this time, but loving watching the process.
ReplyDeleteExcellent and perfect looking HSTs :)
ReplyDeleteLove seeing that pile of trimmings and HSTs. I didn't take part this year, doing Yvonne's instead, but once the quilt is revealed, I just might! Like you, I like to shop my stash for QALs.
ReplyDeleteLove the colours and even the trimmings look delicious!
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