I'm officially hooked--maybe even obsessed!
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| This is how Mrs. Billings was on Sunday. I wasn't happy with the browns, so my pile of rejected pieces is growing fast! |
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| I decided on a more limited palette for this round--and a little more orderly. I have to confess that I was so excited to see how this would look, and even though I had fully intended to hand piece Mrs. Billing--I sewed this up by machine. Gasp! It's okay--she says you can in the pattern! |
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| This is the beginnings of the next round--I've added the green back in but I think I will stay away from the browns for now. I also have a different background fabric for this border. I'm not sure if the background will change with every border, but I won't be using the same fabric throughout--I'm trying to only use stash fabrics! |
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| A couple of recent additions to the stash: I won these in a Primitive Gatherings 12 Days of Christmas drawing... |
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| and this little bundle from Benartex was won during their blog hop. You can only see 5 fabrics from the way the fabrics are folded together like an accordian, but once they were unfolded... |
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| ...there were ten fat quarters! Hounds-tooth! Dragonflies! I think this was packaged for Sample Spree at Quilt Market because it's marked $15 for 10 fat quarters-- I will be adding these to my Steampunk tub--I think they will fit in with my other chosen fabrics. We'll see.... |
Oooooooooh! I love it. The background fabric in the first round is gorgeous. What a wonderful beginning. . .
ReplyDeleteI like the colour changes you have made. Much more agreeable.
ReplyDeleteWell done on all the recent wins.
Mrs. Billings is really beautiful! I like your more limited palette. Nice call!
ReplyDeleteI liked Mrs. Billings with the brown fabrics but then I like browns. Without, you have a brighter piece and it works well. I like the fussy cutting you did for the hexies and the corners.
ReplyDeleteMrs Billings is going to just fabulous that colourways and what a nice win!
ReplyDeleteLucky you : )
You're off to a fantastic start. I like the changes you made and the organized placement in round one. And then the addition of the green and a titch more randomness in round two. A wonderful first bsckground. You're definitely dangling a carrot in front of me.
ReplyDeleteStunning block ! the spotty blue hexagons are a great fabric choice and I love the fussy cutting. I can see why you are hooked - looks great fun :)
ReplyDeleteYes Karen, Mrs B has a tendency to do that; she got me hooked too! Looking good!
ReplyDeleteI like the colour changes, looking really pretty
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