I ended up choosing six colors – mostly medium shades – but with a couple of darker and one lighter one thrown in. (They have a lot – did you know that the human eye can distinguish more shades of green than any other color? That’s part of the reason why green is such a hard color to match.) I decided to stick with earthy, natural greens – nothing too bright or with too much yellow. Timeless Treasures has a great line of batiks with all kinds of beautiful patterns – but I stuck to the Tonga Java Blenders – those delicious smears of color without any clearly defined pattern. When I’m going for a dappled smear of color I always choose batiks. I wanted all these wild and crazy colored birds to look like they were sitting in an almost-real tree or hedge – just a smear of varied greens in the background. For the dog quilt and the cat quilt I did just the opposite – solid backgrounds with prints for the faces.įor the bird quilt I decided to use prints everywhere – but I still wanted a clear distinction between the background and the birds. For the Safari Quilt and the Peekaboo Bear Quilt I used a mix of prints for the background, with solids for all the faces. I like big cartoony shapes with smooth curves that are easy to applique and don’t have too many tiny bits.īut I don’t want all my quilts to look exactly the same – so I like to mix things up with the fabrics I choose. The illustration style of my quilts is all very similar. □ Background Fabricsįirst – let’s talk about the background fabrics. ![]() I’ve started including links to all the fabrics I used in each pattern, but I think it’s also useful for share why I chose the fabrics I did. It’s so much fun to play with the colors – trying this and that until you get a combination that really sings.īut sometimes choosing colors can be hard – and a lot of people feel unsure about whether they’re doing it “right.” Every time I release a new quilt pattern I get a ton of emails asking me about the fabrics. Mine will be donated to The Alternative House through my local quilt shop ( The Quilt Patch) which collects them and distributes quilts, fleece throws and other items like this.Choosing fabric for a quilt is one of my very favorite parts. You can read more about how you can be involved and sew some pillowcases. Many thanks to Benartex for generously supplying me with all this fabric. I dream of finding pink sneakers one day. I especially love those sneakers, don't you? I used the Cool Girl Collection by Benartex Fabrics and sewed every last piece I was given. ![]() Sneakers, bikes, hearts and lovey-dovey words for the girls My husband made me remove a frog from our hotel room when we were in Cuba!įrogs I can handle snakes, you got to be kidding! But I can see that my grandsons would LOVE THESE. Believe me, as the mother of 3 daughters, I NEVER would have thought of using these for my little girls (who are very grown now). ![]() Tropical Rainforest is a gorgeous collection that is perfect for anyone who's not afraid of slithery creatures. ![]() I guess I got carried away!įirst, for the boys, I selected the Tropical Rainforest III Collection by Kanvas for Benartex:įrogs, Lizards, Iguanas and - yikes! - Snakes! Well, what can I say? If I make enough she never has to do laundry (her most detested chore)! Now, those of you who know me and my fervor for making pillowcases for my two little grandsons, know that my daughter Hilary has sternly advised me NO MORE PILLOWCASES. Here is the link at the APQ site for the free pattern I used for today's tutorial: Roll it Up (scroll down for the pattern and a video). If you scroll down on that page you will see how I rolled up the main fabric to fit into the hem for a NO EXPOSED SEAM finish. You can see my blog post tutorial here ( Pillowcase Tutorial) for when I made some smaller pillowcases for my grandsons. I selected the one that is similar to the one I've used for the past 10+ years. I've partnered with them with the generous assistance of Benartex Fabrics to make some of these.įirst, I selected one of their 43 FREE pillowcase patterns from their web site. Travel size pillow case for my grandson Miles using the 10,000 BC Collection from BenartexĪmerican Patchwork and Quilting (APQ) continues to work toward their goal of providing 1,000,000 (yes, that's ONE MILLION) pillowcases for charity.
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