My House and Your House!
Dwellings Collection - medium sized flowers (Baby Bloom) |
What did you do first when you got such a large package?
After I groaned due to visual overload <smile>, I separated the fabrics into matching prints, fanning them out to show the various color families. Wow - wanna see what I found?
Don't you love these colored brush strokes in 11 different flavors? Print is called "Confetti" |
Absolutely LOVE these "log cabin" geometrics - Baby Box Trot |
Two types of stripes. Can you believe stripes with those ovals - Beaded Stripe? |
Very large scale rendition of Baby Bloom - Bloom! |
5 different "log cabin" prints about 8-1/2" for each motif - Box Trot |
I fell back on one of my "go to" patterns that would combine a geometric (ie, stripe) with a floral and use a 90 degree ruler to cut wedges. I call this "Yikes! Those Stripes!"
Two 3-1/2" strips with good contrast |
1. Cut two 3-1/2" x wof strips of two fabrics (a stripe and a floral). Note that I offset them in order to save fabric. I used an Omnigrid 98L ruler (generally used to cut side setting triangles for setting blocks on point). I ignored the numbers; just used it to cut my stripset, which measures 6-1/2" high as shown.
Flip-flop the ruler to cut as shown |
Place the units, cut from the SAME strip set |
Yikes! Block sewn and pressed |
Remember those large log cabin prints? I used them for a vertical center |
Debby, did you make anything else?
Well, of course! There was a lot of fabric that I hadn't even played with yet. I thought of some quick and simple hot pads, letting the fabric do all the work.
Single piece fabric hot pads |
Here you go:
Here is that fantastic smaller log cabin print for the backs |
Not so fast. I still had things running around in my head. I thought "log cabin" and that goes with Dwellings. How about a log cabin dwelling? I'll show you my steps, but it really isn't a pattern because each of those Box Trot panels isn't the same size:
The large Box Trot panel prints - cut out various units |
Cut a 4-1/2" strip, recut into triangles for the roof |
Added sky next to the roof and then trimmed. Yes, I lopped off the points! |
A completed block that didn't have the points lopped off! |
Added green Confetti fabric to either side of the center house block |
Thanks Debby, for providing so much creative inspiration using the Dwellings collection!
Debby did it again! Excellent choices with such vibrant fabrics.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I love seeing how creatively the fabrics could be used!
ReplyDeleteThe house blocks are great!
ReplyDeletefabulous and the fabric is stunning
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