Inspiration fabric for Beige Floral Quilt
Design notes
Auditioning fabrics
Starting at bottom left, going clockwise:
Medium, busy; lights; medium dark busy; medium; dark; alternates
Laying out beige floral for theme cornered blocks
Design notes
Not enough beige floral, so substituting this fabric for central block
Auditioning lights
Was working mostly with fat quarters, which yielded few 6.5" squares.
Had to bring in variety of fabrics to fill in.
This and next photo: auditioning fabrics for tropical floral block
Auditioning reds for a little punch
Beige floral squares laid out. Notice center striped block. Didn't like tropical floral in center. Wanted to use beige floral, but had only scraps.
Pieced two scraps with purple stripe down center; looks pretty good.
Light purple squares laid out on diagonal. Generally two different fabrics per block. Tried to maintain symmetry.
Switched out stripe for tropical floral. This block is a throwaway, anyway. Will use outsides only, center will be discarded.
First nine-patch sewn together
Five nine-patches sewn together
Design notes
Laying out fabrics for dark corner blocks
Realized previously made center block should have had striped center. Removed tropical floral; stitching is undone about 1/2" in all directions in order to insert striped center. Rest of block is intact. No need to take it *all* apart.
Striped center laid on top
Sewed side seams. Pressed.
Top and bottom seams sewn. Block is correct now.
This is the real throwaway center block. Will be using the outsides only.
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