It’s no secret. I love solids. I designed River Rocks with solids in mind.
But I had already made two solid versions and wanted to demonstrate the versatility of the pattern – so I thought that my next sample should be using prints. And I tried. I audited almost my entire stash in multiple combinations, but it just never felt quite right…
Maybe it was just a phase of me feeling more stressed than usual (and less adventurous), but I realized that this was not a moment to step out of my comfort zone but I needed to feel “at home” with this project. And that happened immediately when I allowed myself to grab for my solids. Ahh, so good! Relief.
Then I had the idea to throw in the print component by means of the background fabric. I found the left-overs from this Pocket Crown cushion cover and zipper pouch and was thrilled to find out that my local quilt shop still had some of that Carolyn Friedlander “Collection CF” print.
What a great match! Not what I had initially planned but that scribble pattern was subtle enough as a print and coordinated so well with the solids – just what I needed!
After the cover sample for my River Rocks pattern didn’t end up being a crib quilt (you can read my previous post for all the details), this time it was going to be one. Plus, my cousin was expecting a baby boy, and what better reason could there possibly be?! So I pulled a few blue/teal/greens and a squeeze of yellow/chartreuse – what I find to be such a happy combo!
Even though this did not become the cover quilt, I liked it enough to include it in my pattern as “colour inspiration”.
Assembling the real quilt top…
After the quilt top was completed, I didn’t want to leave it on the floor risking for kids to jump around on it but also didn’t want to add unnecessary creases by folding it up. So I spontaneously pinned it to our window shutters and got a really nice surprise glass window effect! Which I obviously had to photo document right away! 😉
Once again I opted for straight line quilting, added a label and bound with rustic big stitches.
After I was done, Anja, our youngest, immediately tried to claim the quilt as hers, while I was trying to take some pictures. It was only a few seconds later that I saw her diaper had exploded and you can imagine how glad I was that she was only jumping around but hadn’t attempted to sit or lay down and cuddle…
I’m hoping that little Lino (or for now his parents and older brothers) will like it just as much! And I hope Canada Post won’t take too long getting it to Vienna!
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