Glimma
One of the fabric lines I was so super-excited to get my hands on at Quilt Market was "Glimma" by Lotta Jansdotter.
I've already begun playing with it. First, laid out all of the charm squares. I decided not to use brightest colors yet. They went into the stash.
From the stash, I pulled out some solids to match my chosen charm squares.
Then I added in some stashed prints.
I decided to make a log cabin quilt because while I've made log cabin blocks for others, I've never made one for myself (or a whole quilt of them!) I cut a bunch of strips of the fabrics.
The design wall was so useful as I built a bunch of cabins simultaneously.
This type of fabric play is a large part of the reason that I keep a somewhat large stash. I love the choices it provides at the start of a project and also the flexibility to change course as I go without having to stop and run to the shop. In this case, I started with a lot of medium value fabrics, but I ended up really loving the lightest fabrics and the darkest ones. So, I went with that, and made some dark blocks and some light. Here's the quilt as I left it...21 blocks done, 14 to go.
The plan is to add mostly light cabins...two more rows to the top.
I've already begun playing with it. First, laid out all of the charm squares. I decided not to use brightest colors yet. They went into the stash.
From the stash, I pulled out some solids to match my chosen charm squares.
Then I added in some stashed prints.
I decided to make a log cabin quilt because while I've made log cabin blocks for others, I've never made one for myself (or a whole quilt of them!) I cut a bunch of strips of the fabrics.
