Inspired by Pam's amazing creation, I got out all the fabric I bought last year that I wanted to make a light summer quilt with. This is the summer I am going to make it happen.
I finished all the cutting and am ready to begin the piecing. You don't think I have too many different fabrics here do you? Good. I didn't think so either.
Here's a story problem for you:
If you need a cover for your bed, and you want the dimensions of that cover to be 80 inches long by 110 inches wide (minimum), and you have 75 strips of fabric that are each 7 1/2 x 17 inches long and you are not planning to put any other strips of plain fabric between the strips of pieced fabric do you have enough material to get the job done?
Answer = NO! You need 90 strips. I am NOT going to show you how I came up with this number because at my house you don't have to "show your work". Trust me though, it's accurate.
This means I need to: A. Make 15 more strips, or B. Add some plain strips in between the pieced colored strips. I am going to give lots of thoughts to these two options and select the best one. Just as soon as I get finished laying out the 75 pieces I currently have in every possible configuration.
I haven't figured out how many potential combinations there are, but I'll tell you right now the possibilities sure seem endless.
Add polka dot fabric. Lime green. I can see it now.
Posted by: Angela | 04/04/2014 at 10:46 PM
Play! That's the important thing.
Posted by: Joan | 04/04/2014 at 10:57 PM
Adding solids means that you have to decide what color solids. You might as well add more prints. Maybe the same colors but narrower strips for a little variety. After all, right now it has so little(snort!). I think this will be great. Good luck with your playing(one of the best parts of quilting) and the decision.
I have one with a jillion prints about half made right now. You will probably finish yours before I finish mine.
Posted by: Caroline | 04/04/2014 at 11:52 PM
Answer: go buy more Print fabric! :)
Can't wait to see your progress.
Posted by: Anne | 04/05/2014 at 12:18 AM
Your fabrics are beautiful, and no, I don't think that you can have too many!! Hope that you have fun playing with your different combinations! xx
Posted by: Amy at love made my home | 04/05/2014 at 01:39 AM
Your own printed designs made by spoonflower fabric company its only 14 pieces.:) blessings
Posted by: ladynorth | 04/05/2014 at 03:19 AM
Can't wait to see the finished product! Meanwhile, enjoy the process. :)
Posted by: Judy H. | 04/05/2014 at 06:22 AM
You can never have too many different pieces of fabric!! It looks like it will be fabulous. Do they still call them story problems?
Posted by: Janet Ghio | 04/05/2014 at 08:01 AM
Another Amy Butler fan? Can't wait to see this one.
Posted by: Leslie J. Moran | 04/05/2014 at 09:29 AM
Mmmnnnnnnn I'm already loving this, all those amazing colors and prints are simply divine. I also have been bitten by Pam's glorious creation and I know I must have knocked several women over as I flew into my favorite quilt shop, it's all rather a blur as I think back to last week, but I came home armed with 6 different prints and a rather rampant bunch of wild ideas for what I wanted to do. I really kind of like how Pam did hers but I am torn about exactly how I want to do mine, too many ideas but I know I have enough fabric to do at least a bakers dozen or so, time on the other hand could become a challenge, either way, I've got fabric splayed out all over the house and am getting rather fond of the look. Can I just say I am excited to see what you come up with in the coming days and weeks. I've seen some of those fabrics up close and they are AWESOME!!!!!
Posted by: Susie LaFond | 04/05/2014 at 11:00 AM
Head spinning... to much math! Short answer: there is no such thing as too many fabric prints in a quilt. Just not so and anyone who says otherwise is a prissy quilter bee.
Posted by: Loretta | 04/05/2014 at 01:23 PM
Gorgeous... I haven't seen Pams, must go look. Keep us updated with your progress, exciting!
I agree about not adding plain fabrics... keep then patterns coming :)
meanwhile...autumn is in the air down here !!
Posted by: Bobby | 04/05/2014 at 03:54 PM
You know how they give those courtesy spoiler alerts, I think maybe you might consider giving a little math story problem alert so some of us can quickly avert our gaze before we see something disturbing....
Posted by: Sharron | 04/05/2014 at 05:34 PM
yay!!! and hahaha- love that "at you house you don't have to show your work"! at my house you don't even have to DO the work...no measuring...although, as i was recently lamenting to you, sometimes that does come back to bite me you know where! xo
Posted by: pam | 04/05/2014 at 06:01 PM
LOVE these fabrics...and I agree that there can NEVER be too many prints in a quilt. I do love Pam's quilt with the white between all the colored strips...so that's always an option. But this is YOUR quilt...so whatever makes you happy is what you should do!
I'm currently hand piecing a Grandmother's Flower Garden with mainly 1930s reproduction prints...LOTS of prints...and it makes me HAPPY!
Posted by: Debbie | 04/05/2014 at 06:36 PM