This checkered garden quilt might just be one of my favourite makes yet. It’s such a simple, fun pattern, and it gives me heaps of room to play, mixing and matching fabrics until every block feels just right.
It's not all small-scale itty-bitty prints,
I'm also adding in a few busy multi-coloured florals to help create a delightfully tangled garden look ...
love this next one
a super mix of Anna Maria, Kaffe, Karen Lewis & Ruby Star Society ...
Making the blocks was simple, Ashley @Film in the Fridge’s tutorial is excellent.
Choosing a colour palette? Easy, I simply picked 5 different fabrics per block, then cut and sewed the blocks up one at a time ... Actually, that's sew not true!
For those interested, I've tried to sort out my colour framework for you. I started out going for *harmony, with LOTs of soft blush pinks through to smokey plum, a coordinated sort of look with a few added few peach/coral prints. And caramels that go from honey through into the warm browns.
And then I couldn't help adding in some subtle *contrast with my few brights and some dark value blues. (I did try to add in some green prints too, but they just didn't flow quite as nicely for some reason).
From my scrap baskets & stash - all the pinks, peaches, plums & caramels I could find. It's scrappy, warm, a little bright, a little vintage, and perfectly imperfect … basically, everything I want a quilt to be.
It's all still on the 'design floor', time to get it up & stitched together now, my sewing room really needs a vacuum.
And then I couldn't help adding in some subtle *contrast with my few brights and some dark value blues. (I did try to add in some green prints too, but they just didn't flow quite as nicely for some reason).
It's all still on the 'design floor', time to get it up & stitched together now, my sewing room really needs a vacuum.
* For more on the harmony vs contrast idea check out this link here at shannonbrinkleystudio
