The one thing I thought would be easy was selecting the fabrics for each color. I have a LOT of fabrics and scraps! But this turned out to be a lot harder than it looks! Each patch is a different fabric, and there are between 12 and 18 different patches in each color. Some fabrics I thought would be perfect for the quilt turned out not to work at all. Too blue for this green, but when I put it with the blues, it was way too green! Or, too pink for the reds, but also too red for the pinks. So a lot of fabric got put away and didn't make it to the quilt!
I have one block to cut patches for, it is the "Berry" block. (2nd one from left in 2nd row.) You can see that I have "auditioned" fabrics for this block and pinned the possibilities to the block. Here's a close-up:
I have left this block til last because it is very hard to find good matches for this hue. I'm gonna have to take this block to the fabric store and see what will work. For the most part I did not have to -buy any fabrics for the patches. But this one has me looking around. It's almost a purple, but not quite. Until I can get to the fabric store, I am working on applique-ing the patches to the block.
The patches are supposed to be "raw edged appliques." That is, just stitched on with a straight stitch, and leave the edges to fray over time or in the wash. It's supposed to give the quilt its unique look. I do NOT like that look. I prefer crisp clean edges! So I am using an applique stitch on my sewing machine and edging each block. SOOOOOO much nicer! Here! Judge for yourself!
The blue one has been edged, the "avocado" one is raw edged (but not frayed yet).
Sorry, I don't have a picture of one with the frays so I looked on the internet and found one. It's not a bottled rainbow block, but you can see what I mean by frayed edges:
To me, that raw edge looks sloppy. Unfinished. I know it would be quick and easy to leave the patches like this, but I prefer to edge them. That's just me. :)
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