a local quilter is thinning out her considerable fabric stash, so i went to take a look and bought an unused fabric kit called "morning glory stars" using prints and plaids.
the bag also contained a considerable amount of really beautiful chintz print fabrics from france. quilting weight and super lovely, complimenting the fabrics in the original quilt kit.
i don't really care for the moda pattern, so i stopped into my lqs to chat with the great designers there. included in the kit are 32 fat quarters and an abundance of border printed contrast fabric and a moda marble in cream/white.
so...i thought....i could use the plaids and floral prints to make a log cabin, but it turns out there is enough of just the floral or just the plaid to do a log cabin if i use that moda marble as the light...so half the cabin would be virtually monochrome.
THEN i thought OH! what if i make another double sided quilt and use the plaids in a nine patch pattern for the back?
so then i went looking for patterns and found this one:
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2009/10/...uilt.html#more
so i started to think maybe if i used both florals AND plaids in both the nine patch and the log cabin that would be amazing.
but NOW i don't know how to start cutting.
i am paralyzed.
should the 9 patch blocks mix the florals and the plaids? should i make the nine patches first and hope for the best with the remains of the fat quarters? can my logs for the log cabin be 2 inches instead of 1 inch so the piecing goes a little faster? will i get 1/2 through and discover i don't actually have enough fabric in long enough pieces?
why is quilting stressful more often than it needs to be?
i think my head exploded about an hour ago.
aileen