Three days into our Tasmania trip I finally got an opportunity to visit a quilt shop. We were in Exeter, just north of Launceston. There's a lovely little shop there, Calico Crossroads and it was here I met the very delightful Pauline. Apart from the wonderful selection of fabrics, she had a very handsome discount trunk that had my name written all over it! I had been thinking that my stash was very light on for 'boy' fabric and low and behold, an array of 'Happy Trails' cowboy prints. And because I find it hard to walk past anything red, a length of red and white Prints Charming Big Flower.
Since then that big red flower has been playing on mind....so as soon as I got home, I checked the stash and found that I had enough other red and white (plus a little splash of pink and red) to make a modified version of the 'Good Night Sweet Prints' quilt from Material Obsession One. I've used 4 panels instead of 6 and it ends up being around 145cm square. A nice little lap quilt size.
Here it is hanging in all it's glory on the clothes line.
I had to add some extra white fabric to the flower prints sides to work with the measurements given. (My fabric must be a different run to what the Material Obsession girls used. Perhaps they had the hand prints?) I'm a little miffed that the prints are a little creamier than the white that I added, but I figured some of the other red and whites are a little creamier and I may end up quilting over it, so it may not be that noticable.Now just to prove that I haven't completely abandoned my other projects. Here's a quick peek at my work in progress on one of my black and whites. It's a wonky log cabin. You'll find a great tutorial here. They're fun to do when you get a good run on them! Again, some of the black and whites are a little creamy...but with a good mix I don't think that will be a huge problem.
More on my Tasmania quilt shop adventures and wonderful fabric finds to follow. Promise.
