As I sort through all my fabric, I continue to pull fabrics for specific quilt projects I know I want to make. Now I am up to BUCKET LIST QUILT # 6.
Last year I had a fabulous trip to Texas in April--Beaumont, Austin, and Victoria. Austin was "playtime" with 3 new-to-me friends and we had a great time. Read about that trip here; TEXAS 2024
At a terrific quilt shop in Wimberly Texas I bought a yard and a half of a panel I loved, planning to make a special quilt for my granddaughter Stella. Click for a closeup to read the words of inspiration:
Now I've decided to make a quilt with this for ME--Stella will get whatever is left.
Once I decide on a BUCKET LIST QUILT, or any quilt project, really, I go to the closets and start pulling fabrics I think will work. Mostly I am concerned with COLOR, then TEXTURE--or the "feel" of the fabric designs. And I always want a variety of Lights, Mediums and Darks. At lease one DEEP DARK and one SPARKLER--like bright orange or lime green.
I LOVE "shopping in my closet", after all, I bought this stuff because I loved it or knew it would be right for a "someday" project.
Here is the fabric pull for this quilt. It is surely more than I will need but it gives me lots of options for design as I have no idea at the moment what this quilt will look like:
These BUCKET LIST QUILTS are in no particular order. I simply wrote about them as they made the list. At this point in my life, I am deciding what quilts I REALLY WANT TO MAKE going forward. My plan is to have 10 quilts identified by the end of this year.
See the previous quilts:
BUCKET LIST QUILT # 5 My Next Lifetime Quilt I am actively working on this one now
What is on YOUR Bucket List?
Let's quilt.
Barbara
Barbara, I LOVE the panel! Looking forward to your finished result. My bucket list #1 quilt: Double Wedding Ring. I first saw one in the mid-70’s. Maybe something for our 50th wedding anniversary? Yikes, it’s in four years…I’d better get sewing! -terri
ReplyDeleteYes, start now. My 60th birthday quilt has taken 12 years and just become a top this year.
DeleteThat is a beautiful panel!! I just tried a google search for it, without success, but it is something I would love to find to make a quilt for a daughter who is going through very hard things. Thank you for sharing this. I will keep searching.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to say, your fabric pull looks wonderful! Can't wait to see what you create with this bag full of fabric when its turn comes up!
Janet, that fabric does appear to be gone. I know the other three women with me that day all bought some after I found it. It does not appear on the designer's page either: Kelly Rae Roberts. "A Heart Led Life" for Benartex.
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