Thursday, September 29, 2011

Back to the Drawing Board

The Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild is participating in Robert Kaufman's charm pack challenge. Our quilts are due at our upcoming October meeting. Hopefully they will be completed but if not, at least our quilt top needs to be finished. The Challenge is to make a quilt with every colour in the Charm pack (no matter how small each piece is). We can add fabric but only solid colours.




















I've had my Charm pack, a lovely stack of 12cm by 12cm fabric in every Kona colour you can imagine, for a couple of weeks now. For someone that gets ga-ga about fabric, I was even surprised at how much I loved looking at this little stack. I would even go as far as to say it made me giddy! I tried to describe how exciting this was to my interior design friend. I told her it is like getting a can of paint for every colour in one of her colour swatch books! Her eyes lit up as she nodded dreamily and I knew she understood.













Even though I knew right away what I wanted to do for the challenge,  I had to draw the stack first and savour these little yummy pieces of fabric... before I start (GULP) cutting into them!












Now what will the quilt look like? I'll keep you posted! Cheers!


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7 comments:

  1. HollySeptember 29, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    I love it, Lysa! I have the same feeling about a stack of fabric, it's like candy! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

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  2. felicitySeptember 29, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Oooh your drawings make that stack of charms look even yummier. I didn't realize that was possible!

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  3. JeanSeptember 30, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    It's safe to cut it up now that you have immortalized it with crayon! Go ahead, I know you can do it .....

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  4. Lysa September 30, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    Thanks ladies!

    Actually Jean it's "coloured pencil", lol!

    The first cut will be the hardest but then I'll be okay... I think ;)

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  5. Cynthia FSeptember 30, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Lovely and what a great idea to draw it first- smart lady! :))

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  6. Carol BrowneSeptember 30, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    I love it! You've preserved the fabric forever. Now..you can slash and sew the real stuff. Happy sewing!

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  7. Darlene Barnes RosnerSeptember 30, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    oooooh it will be a great 'reveal' to see what you do! Two weekends to go....

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