It's All About the Color

When I went to the  Quilt Show with my friend Julie I spotted

this packet of 10" x 10" fabrics that appealed to me, but I told her

I wanted to see the rest of the vendor area before I purchased 

anything. 

This is a view of what the individual fabrics looked like, too

beautiful to resist.   The packet was called Charm Pack-Prism 

 which included a total of 42 squares.  They were designed

by Kaffe Fassett, someone I had met during my live as

 a weaver,  (check out Kaffefassett.com)   

At the two Quilt Shows that I attended recently, 

(detailed in a prior post),

I was drawn to several  quilts that featured houses

in a variety of styles,

shapes and arrangements.

So, as usual, I started my designing process at my computer,

which you see here.  I designed some houses of different

 sizes based on the dimensions I wanted for the final piece.

 I printed them out in a gray scale and arranged them

on the kitchen counter.

As it turned out I could use 2 large houses, I medium

and 1 small on each of the 5 rows.

So I got out my beautiful fabrics and cut out some test pieces...

  Each house would  include a roof, a facia board,

the house front and a front door.

I started to play with various color combinations after

I cut out the 4 elements for 10 large houses, 5 medium and 5 small.

Then I moved them around to check out a possible layout 

that I thought looked colorful & exciting.

And as usual, I selected a "wild" piece of  fabric for the

backing of the quilted piece,

which wraps around the front to become the 1/2" edge binding. 

I used a thread color that matched the background fabric

to stitch a random  quilting lines between the rows of houses.

This is the finished 15" x 35" piece  (in it''s final resting place)

in our living room.  Remember to click on 

any photo for a larger view.