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About mlwilkie

Software Developer, Mother, Wife with keen interest in art, design and crafts of all kinds.

Sunday Stash #21: The illusive coral + Winner

At least once a month, I have decided to pull fabrics that represent a specific color. When I started collecting fabric 18 months ago, it was hard to get the right colors for a project without trial and error in purchasing. So, I hope this helps folks find that right fabric for the right project at some stage. If you have specific colors in mind let me know.

Today, the color is coral. It is a peachy looking color which meant, for me, this is not the easiest  of colors to get right.  You don’t want it to be too pink or too orange.  I also like it when I can have a color in a variety of values and saturation. Here was my selection from my stash:
Coral Stash Bundle

In case you would like to pick up any of the fabrics…from left to right:

This color works well with darker blues. So you can see them in action, here are some blocks I made up with various blue prints:
Coral Blocks

I am linking up with Molli Sparkles for Sunday Stash (see button on the right).

Lastly, the winner of my birthday giveaway, from last week is:
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who is Janet Schultz….who is having a birthday in June, as well. Janet I have sent you an email to get your details.

Phased Circles Quilt: Top Complete

Last month, I made my favorite quilt ever…..until this month. I have finished my Phased Circles quilt. I love this quilt so much, as my vision with my design came together so well, better than I could have dreamed.

Phased Circles Outside
I used 30 different Carolyn Friedlander prints, mixed from her Botanics and Architexture lines…can you believe it, that did not use all  the prints of hers I own (yes, I might have a slight fabric crush).

The solids were all Kona cottons and most of them were from the new colors – Curry, Prussian, Breakers, Torch, Valentine and lastly Wasabi.

The colors from these fabrics worked so well together. Here is a close-up of the center blocks. If you are interested in how I made these blocks, here is the tutorial.

Phased Circles Closeup For the back, I am using some of the gray, black and white prints of Carolyn’s lines, with just some simple piecing. I plan on doing straight line quilting to finish.

Linking up with Jo @ Riddle and Whimsy for TGIFF and Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday.

New Projects

I have a couple of things underway this week. One of those is a birthday present for a friend.  I have decided to make a Noodlehead Supertote with this fabric pull…just loving the colors of these fabrics.

Noodlehead Supertote

I have these blocks underway with a palette of blues and corals:Blocks

This is my Quilt Design a Day for today. See yesterday’s post for more details.
QDAD_BuildingBlocks_11June2014

Linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday (see button on the right).