New Fabric from Marshall Dry Goods

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.

New Fabric for Next Quilt

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'!