Sunday 29 September 2013

Cutting and deleting

My Stardust project is really stretching me. I'm not a natural at scrappy and I literally spend hours deciding which two fabrics to put together to make the stars. Amitie sell starter packs for Jen Kingwell quilts so, thinking this would help, I bought one. It was a great idea in some ways, the pack included lots of small pieces of fabric and there is plenty of variety in colour. My stash largely consists of useful background/binding/backing fabric and completely useless bits of fabric that have proven to be difficult to use (aaaah the joys of being a novice).

The one drawback was that the helpful person who made the pack didn't sort the fabric into pairs for me, which would have saved me hours of angst and sorting and resorting. Haha - uptight? Me?? I went ahead and put the sashing around a couple of the keepers because I just couldn't visualise how it was going to look.


This has helped me make a few decisions. I realised that while I want to embrace my inner scrappy (buried very deep apparently), I want to keep the block backgrounds quiet quiet low volume. This means that a couple of previously made blocks have been stood down from the current squad. Even though I have made nine blocks, only six have their place guaranteed.


This last one is currently under review (possibly because I made a mistake with the nine-patch in the centre). We shall see ...



11 comments:

  1. Keep going! It's look fabulous! And embrace your inner scrappiness- it does get easier with practice!

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  2. Oh it's looking good! I can't do scrappy either - I think it stresses me out more than trying to pair the right fabrics together! ;)

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  3. Loved them before, love them more now. Especially the pink polka dots. Everything there should be in a quilt!

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  4. Ps - also like the one under review. If you can't live with the mistake you could just appliqué over it?

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  5. I would say your inner scrappy is very much alive and kicking. Like your fabric choices a lot!

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  6. They all look great! I had a wee look back at your earlier blocks & guessed which ones haven't made it thru' to the finals.....but, in all honesty, I think they too will be great! (they will add just a bit of contrasting depth to your overall image of low backgrounds, the element of surprise, and will, I'm sure, make all the others shine!!) Linda

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  7. The blocks look fabulous with the sashing on. I think Linda might be right with her advice that the 'reserves' might add something to the final mix. Those Amitie starter packs sound tempting.

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  8. they look amazing - can't believe you think you can't do scrappy!

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  9. They are gorgeous, so your scrappyness can't be too lacking ;-)

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  10. I feel your angst - I don't do random scrappy to well either - even in my string quilt all the strips had to at least have a hint of the colour of the strip next to them. Will have to investigate Amitie starter packs - they may be what my scrappy stash needs.

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