For some time now, I’ve been collecting black and cream/tan repro fabrics, and shirtings. Then I started collecting small bits of burnt orange repro fabrics. My goal…to make a quilt or two with that color combo. I like the combo and they’d look great for decorating at Halloween time.
When I have a future project in mind I keep an eye out for fabrics that will fit in, and get them while they’re available. If I wait..they’ll be gone! The bad part is…if I wait too long to start the project..I accumulate far more fabric than I need. Do you ever do that?
I saw a pattern I really liked. Then I saw someone post pics of their progress with the pattern and I was hooked.
The pattern is Hallowe’en 1904 by Blackbird designs.
I found an online quilt shop with the pattern..and a kit on sale.
The price seemed right (the fabrics end up costing around $6.70 yd) and the pattern is included.
I’ve never bought a complete quilt kit before, but I thought it would be nice to have..and I could add in my own fabrics for a bit more variety if I chose to?
When my kit arrived I was excited to see what I got.
The five fabrics on the right were in the kit, but I don’t think I’ll use them? The two shirtings are ecru with red, the plaid that looks rust in the pic is actually a bit more red than I’d like for this quilt, and the one black is more of a gray. The other is a bit busy and has red in as well.
So…all in all, not too bad? I’m sure I’ll find a different project to use the fabrics I culled..and I have plenty of stash fabrics to use in their place. BUT..if I were relying solely on the fabrics sent to make the quilt from, I don’t think I’d be happy with the red that was included?
I bought the “starter kit” of fabrics for the Princess Feather quilt I made and culled several of the fabrics in that kit too. Then I replaced them with others I liked better. Am I too fussy?
I’m wondering if shops have a hard time finding enough of a variety of fabrics when pulling from current fabric lines to make kits, so they add in a “clinker” or two? If they had more available would they have used those “clinkers”? What has your experience been with quilt kits?
I’ve finally finished the quilting on my “Basket of Flowers” quilt. The binding is done too, and it’s hanging in the family room.
As you can see in this pic I used quite a few different light fabrics in the piecing, not using just one light for the piecing in that month’s round.
You can also see that I used several reds in the bricks that look like Dominos that have fallen…and several burgundys for the zig zags. To me, the variety of fabrics make the quilt more interesting…as well as giving it a more vintage look.
