"Pop of Color" by Stephanie Sheridan; machine quilted by Linda Leathersich; featured in Fons & Porter's Easy Quilts Spring 2015 |
What do you like about the
Paintbox fabrics?
The bright colors!
I received these fabrics in the middle of winter and they reminded me of
summer!
Do you have a favorite
print in the collection?
I really love the
dots and the stripe! The dots because of the randomness of the print – so no
matter where you cut it, you get a different group of dots and colors, and I am
always a sucker for a pretty stripe fabric. My daughter teases me that if there
is a stripe in a collection you can bet it will be the binding, she is right!
How did you pick the
solids to use with it?
Kanvas has a
collection of solids that worked perfectly in this quilt called ColorConnection. I love these because they aren’t a perfect match to the colors,
but more of a tonal compliment.
Can you talk about your choice
to do some sashing strips in white and some in color?
I felt like the quilt
needed the white (I chose a leaf vine tone on tone print) to give a little more
interest to the sashing. If all of the sashing strips were the color solids it
would overwhelm the focal squares.
Tell us why you liked
using the stripe for the setting triangles.
I used the stripe
for the setting triangles to mimic the colored sashing strips. It was a bit of
a challenge to get them all going the right direction, but I love the way it
turned out! It actually became my favorite element of the quilt.
What a great combination
of prints in the borders! Why did you put the strips next to the polka dots?
When I was a kid,
my mom, sister and I were all clowns (literally!) , and the bright stripes and
dots together reminds me of our costumes back then. It just says “fun” to me.
Tell us about the machine
quilting.
Linda (aka Mom) used
squiggly lines, swirls and circles to enhance both the fabrics and the overall quilt
design.
Click here to see the entire Paintbox line (plus the neutral Shadows colorway!).
Click here to learn more about Stephanie and Linda and their work.
Click here to find the kit for Pop of Color.
Click here to purchase the digital pattern for Pop of Color.
Click here to find Easy Quilts magazine.
Those do look like fun fabrics.
ReplyDeleteVery fresh and fun looking fabrics! Lovely quilt!
ReplyDeleteThey look like a box of watercolors to me! I love them!
ReplyDeleteSummertime FUN!
ReplyDeleteSummertime FUN!
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