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Monday, 29 July 2019

summer stack sundays

One of my favorite things to do with fabric is mixing & matching fabrics together from my stash here to create new combinations that might oneday . . . someday . . . become a quilt. I'm sure lots of us do that too. 
Sometimes I start out with a focus fabric. And sometimes it's a pattern that grabs my attention, like this improv flying geese pattern from treehousetextiles that arrived a week or so ago.


I love the vintage improv style of this "Seaglass" quilt, and Emma's scrappy style really caught my eye, however I'm not a big fan of the blue & green combo. So I've decided rather than follow with the safe choice shown , I'm going to switch it up with a fabric stack that's 'more me'. He-he, I might have to rename my version though.




Hope all these come together as I planned.
How do you chose fabric for a new quilt?


I'm joining in with Allison from campbellsoupdiary - she is hosting #summerstacksundays a new link-up party, which goes through til August 30th, 2019. Actually, it'll be my 'winterstack' fabric pull, because of course it's winter over here in NZ.  Follow the links to join in too.



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10 comments:

  1. Susan29 July 2019 at 21:53

    Your fabric pull is gorgeous Linda! That orange spot is fabulous! I saw the Treehouse Textiles pattern on Pinterest and wanted immediately to make a blue, green and white quilt. I often use a feature fabric to build up fabric options for a quilt especially if I want a controlled scrappy palette.

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  2. Kleine Vingers30 July 2019 at 00:45

    I like your choice of fabric especially the pink/salmon colours.

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  3. Robin30 July 2019 at 06:43

    I love the combination of fabrics that you have put together. It really sparkles.

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  4. audrey30 July 2019 at 11:11

    Lovely fabric pull! I make stacks of fabric for all sorts of reasons. It really is one of the very best reasons to be a quilter, just getting to pet the fabric!

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  5. Julie30 July 2019 at 13:17

    Seaglass comes in all sorts of colours. check out this link for yours: https://funguerilla.com/sea-glass-diamonds-shaped-by-the-waves/

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  6. Allison30 July 2019 at 13:43

    Even in winter, it looks like you might still be dreaming of summer with some of those soothing florals... a really pretty pull! Thanks for linking up!

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  7. LA Paylor31 July 2019 at 01:47

    I seldom pull all the fabrics in the beginning unless I'm doing a theme fabric piece like cows or dogs. If I'm doing a fabric challenge I do pull coordinating fabrics. Actually I do pull a range of fabrics sometimes, like I wanted to do some 3" sawtooth stars so I pulled all my cherrywood hand dyes out for them. I find choosing fabrics to be the most difficult, and will pull lots of choices out of the bins when making a decision, making quite a mess. Can't wait to see how yours come together!
    LeeAnna

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  8. Nancy @ Grace and Peace Quilting31 July 2019 at 02:29

    Very pretty stack, Linda!!! And I love that design.

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  9. Janie31 July 2019 at 05:56

    Yes, I think Seaglass will look great in your print/color choices. You have a wonderful way of mixing up prints.Thanks for the link ideas Linda.

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  10. Ann31 July 2019 at 17:00

    You put fabric together in such great ways. Always good to see your blog. Thanks for sharing what inspires you.

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