Freedom in the creative process
One of the challenges I have struggled with in quilting is trusting myself to choose fabric that works together. I suspect, given the number of blogs, videos, and classes, that many others struggle with it too. As a result, I have chosen colors and fabric lines pretty much as directed by the pattern designer. And that's okay. But this time I can't. This block of the month quilt was created back in 2012, and whatever fabric line was sold with it at the time is no longer available. So I began exploring my stash possibilities. Not being happy with that, I purchased a set of Rowan from the Kaffe Fassett Collective. It opened up many possibilities for me but I still wanted to use other colors and designs I already had. The first thing I did was consider already-completed blocks. Then I started choosing colors and patterns I liked that I thought might play together well. I really wanted to use the abstract fabric at the bott...