It is no secret that I love seasonal quilts and that I love plus quilts. I have wanted to make a valentine plus quilt ever since I saw the one Deb made. I learned that plus quilts turn out the best with a good balance of lights, mediums, and darks. So when I saw the Ever After layer cake by Deb Strain which has whites, light and medium pinks, reds, gray, and black, I thought it would be great for a plus quilt. So I bought a matching layer cake and charm pack. However, I found that there really wasn't enough variety in prints in the layer cake. So I added some scraps for variety.
I kept adding more scraps. This time from my Quilty Kisses quilt. I think the lips are my favorite fabric in there.
It was much better, but the fabrics needed just a little bit more shifting.
Yep! I like this arrangement with these additions. ;)
Do you add more fabrics for variety when you use a precut?
XX,
Jasmine
You are getting a nice and early start on having this ready for Valentine's day! The lips are very cute. I don't tend to buy anything other than fat quarters as a precut because they are expensive on a per yard basis... and I have always worried about there being a lack of variety like you mention.
ReplyDeleteYes, I like to add more fabrics when I use a precut. Same colors but different prints add more variety.
ReplyDeleteLooking good! I rarely use precuts, but I don't think I have ever made a quilt from only one line of fabric. I do like how those lips bring all the colors together!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be fantastic, looking forward to seeing the progress.
ReplyDeleteThis is very pretty. I have made one quilt using this pattern. Time for another one.
ReplyDeleteLooking good, Jasmine!
ReplyDeleteIt is all just fabric. Sometimes a precut (because it is just the right color/value) makes it to the fabrics and sometimes other fabrics (from yardage) get mixed into the fabric pull. Whatever works!
Preeti.
I love holiday quilts too!! This is going to be a great one :)
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