Choosing borders for a commissioned quilt top is causing a big mess in my studio. It looks like a fabric fight. When I leave lids off of my fabric totes, my cat loves to dig in and make a nest, but she doesn't hold a candle to me when it comes to making a big mess. I searched through browns, yellows, blues, greens, and what a disaster!
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| Chai loves to nest in the fabric. |
I am NOT posting a photo of my mess. I just crammed everything back in the various totes and promised to refold the contents later. I cut up all of the focus fabric, intending to have an extra set of pieces for a kit for my
etsy shop. I sewed the blocks, set them on point in a pattern, sewed them together, and then realized I was on the horns of a dilemma. I knew I'd need borders, but finding just the right framing fabric was tougher than I had imagined. I did finally find a suitable fabric for the border. It will be the brown pebble side propeller fabric, pieced.
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| Vintage airplanes, rick rack, and Amy Butler "eyelash" fabric. I think it looks like angel wings. |
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| Airship propellers, before the borders. |
Last week I finished a commissioned quilt for a little girl who is having a birthday. She loves horses and pink, so I made her a soft and dreamy snuggle quilt.Sweet dreams.
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| Valorie Wells border fabric. |
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Robert Kaufman paisley flannel on the back.
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