A few days ago, I ordered from Marshall Dry Goods all the fabric (and then some) that I will need for Jeremy and Lydia's quilt that I plan to make after I finish the Sunbonnet Sue quilt. I got 59 different one-yard pieces of tone-on-tone in whites and creams and 11 yards of this fabric called 'Early Elegance':
Maybe I'll use that for the backing for the quilt.
That's 70 yards of fabric at $3.99/yd. Quite a lot to spend on fabric, all at once... but I haven't bought more than a yard or two (except for the white-on-white background fabric for Dorcas' Baskets of Lilies quilt) since I purchased the fabric for the Mosaic Lighthouse quilt, way back in... hmmm... ((looking at my journals)) Wow!! That was in May of 2013! Hard to believe it's been that long.
I had quite a bit of that fabric left over, and used it again and again in subsequent quilts, so it was money well spent. Plus, I got most of it on sale for $5.99.
I have a very small stash of quilting cottons, with practically no whites and creams whatsoever, so this just-ordered fabric will come in handy.
Here's a picture of the Feathered Fans pattern I plan to use for Jeremy and Lydia's king-sized quilt (this picture from the front of the pattern envelope is a small throw):
I got it at the AQS Quilt Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2013. First big quilt show I'd ever gone to. And that pattern was the only thing I bought there.
I'm going to add lots of lace and silk ribbon embroidery to this quilt. And I need to get some very, very pale pastel dye markers for that ribbon. I'll probably revamp the pattern a bit, maybe using EQ8 to redo the borders and suchlike. Those corners! They didn't even intend to match them, I don't believe.
I liked that pattern better when I bought it back in 2013 than I do now. I'd better hurry up and make it, before I dislike it! 😄 Well... EQ8 will help me out. I won't start cutting until I have a pattern I really like.
I know I'll have to plan out the colorways of these tone-on-tone creams vs. whites carefully. I want elegant, not blah. Haven't yet decided if the Feathered Fans will be cream and the background white, or vice versa. I guess, if I don't like the way it turns out, I can always jazz it up with the quilting thread colors. And the ribbon embroidery and lace will change it considerably, too.
But first, I must finish the Americana Eagle quilt (it's ready for binding), then I have 4 customer quilts, and then I will put together the vintage Sunbonnet Sue blocks.
Time's a-wastin'!
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