Fabrics for April 2011
I know someone asked a while ago about fabrics for April. I can’t promise to always post advance information about fabrics … but if I can find the time, I will try to give everyone a sneak peek at the fabric palette for the upcoming month.
The April block is well-suited to be made from scraps (approximately 4 inch squares) or charms. You’ll need:
Cream background fabric
Green fabric
2 Fabrics that are lighter and darker shades of the same color–any color, your choice, except cream or green
Any of the fabrics may be solid, tone-on-tone (TOT) prints or multicolor prints that are predominately cream or green or one of your two lighter/darker colors.
You can click the images above to get a closer look at some of the fabrics I used. I made my blocks almost entirely from scraps, but, if you choose, you can use the SAME CREAM and SAME GREEN in all your blocks.
sounds intriguing
Thx for the peek Sophie – can't wait!
After the restrictions of our 2-color blocks this month, I though we could all use a little more freedom and colorful scrappiness. I made 14 blocks today–yes, they are pretty quick–and I love the way they look on my design wall … too bad I can't share that image until the end of the week when the sneak peek email goes out.
Yeah! I'm glad you posted this today. I have to get some other fabrics for a UFO today and it just happens to need greens.
Sophie, did you get my e-mail? I'd love to post a pic of the blocks I made for this month's block lotto.
Sophie, do the light & darks need to match as far as print or style? Your samples mostly seem to. I guess I'm asking can they be different prints. Will that work for what you have planned?
Those could be misleading examples. They don't have to be matchy-matchy, but you want them to look good together. They will be adjacent to one another in the block. Besides the oda marble charms in my example fabrics, I also used batiks, multicolor prints, TOT prints and hand dyes in my blocks. I have a lot of TOT scraps and so my blocks reflect that. Your pairs will be a reflection of your scraps, your stash, your taste. The look we are going for is scrappy and so it's all OK.
Thanks for this head's up, Sophie. Just a question, do the light/dark combinations have to be different fabrics for each block we make? Or I can wait for the sneak peak for the answer. Thanks.