Quiltah Mama

I really like it. I myself would have never thought to put the stripes with the circles, but the way you did it, it looks really cool. Excellent finish.

Claire123

Very nice.

ekuw

Thanks for the kind words. I had a yard of that fabric with the circles on it, and I decided I would buy 1/3 of a yard of solids to match some of the colors. Ended up buying Red, Orange, Yellow and light blue. Then I found that striped fabric at Goodwill and it matched exactly! I have been wanting to use striped fabric in a more creative way so that was my mindset here. I had some green fabric that I was originally going to use as the background, but not enough; that's why I ended up using the blue. Once I got sewing the blocks together I decided the light blue solid might not contrast enough with the blue background so I ended up finding enough of the green solid in my stash. It actually wasn't a solid, but had a small print of the front. I just used the back. You know the saying " you pay for both sides of the fabric". All in all the colors have a 70 feel. Like avocado green and harvest gold haha! Lots of my quilts come together this way; they start with a couple pieces from my stash. I am focused on trying to use it first. Sometimes I have to buy accent or background fabric, then also try to match with a pattern that will work with the limited fabric that I have. Most of my fabric is older...considerably older and so there is no getting more of a particular print. Sorry to ramble on, but I have the time to do so with "normal" life not so normal right now. More time for quilting so I am not complaining.

sew1

Love the blue because it makes the blocks pop