Urban Lattice Quilt Along
Why, oh why, am I joining another quilt-along right now? Well, Cara's design is completely fabulous. There's that. And it's paper-pieced, which I've tried before (albeit very briefly) and just loved. So I guess I just couldn't pass this one up.
Still, it took me forever (actually right up until about 2 minutes ago) to come up with a plan for this quilt. But one just dropped into my lap (almost literally):
Innocent Crush!
The funny thing is, I had settled on something completely different. I wasn't loving it (which is always a recipe for disaster), but it was the best I could come up with. You see, I really want a nice cuddle-up-on-the-couch quilt for my family room. The problem is that my family room is decorated in golden browns, dark browns, and earthy greens, with a few rusty red accents here and there. I like my family room décor, but that color scheme does not a good modern quilt make. So I had a plan for a quilt that didn't exactly match, but was at least neutral-ish. It was ... okay, I guess.
But just as I was about to blog about my other plan, I saw the mail truck go by outside my house, so I decided to go get the mail first. And what did I find?
This tasty little fat quarter. It was part of my "fat quarter surprise" prize package from Stitched In Color's giveaway with Sew Love Fabrics. And hey—it looks great in my family room! Check it out!
I got straight online and ordered a few more of the warmer prints from the line. Those will be the squares. The background pieces will be Kona Bone, and the narrow "lattice" pieces will be Moda Bella Solids Fig Tree Olive. I think I'm already in love with this quilt, based on this one little fat quarter! Can't wait to get the rest of the fabric and get started!
Thank you so much to Stitched In Color and Sew Love. All of the fat quarters I got from Sew Love are fabulous—look, there's some Weekends by Erin McMorris and Wonderland in there too! Woo hoo! And that envelope could not possibly have come at a better moment. : )
Oh, one more thing: Today AnneMarie at GenX Quilters is featuring my Advent Calendar tutorial! Be sure to check out GenX Quilters if you haven't already—it's a great gathering place for all us young(ish) quilters.