Ailsa came by the store on Friday for a bit of a shop and a bit of a chat. We got to talking about my latest purchases and she boldly ask, "...and what are you making with them?" When she saw the blank look in my eyes, she understood that I hadn't managed to move beyond the buying aspect. Ailsa, I'm pleased to say that I put a bit to use today.
The Beehive round 2 just kicked off and Meg was first up to bat. She's a librarian and requested scrappy book blocks which she'll assemble into shelves. As Jo already made the world's most clever pieced book block, I decided to focus instead on colour and print. I thought the typographic prints would be a bit of an homage to the words inside the book. The stripe of alphabetical text pays respect to Meg's Librarian skills and the sewing buttons are because it's a quilt bee. The Liberty Umbel and Scatter manage to do a great job tying all of the colours together.
Fabrics:
- Akzidenz from Spin Spin
- Liberty of London Scatter
- Echino Panthers
- Japanese Text ?
- Suzuko Koseki Houseplans
- Suzuko Koseki French Button Cards
- Liberty of London Umbel
- Day in the Country Solids w/Suzuko Koseki French Button Card detail
Is the japanese text fabric all about paint and stencilling? If so I think it is Yuwa, I have seen it attributed to Kumiko Fujita but no selvedge. Nice book block
ReplyDeleteI love these fabrics all together!
ReplyDeleteNice! I like how you grouped the colours of the 'books'.
ReplyDeleteI love the natural yellow with the pink's - winning combo !
ReplyDeleteAmy, you are awesome--I LOVE it!!
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased to see them used too, although I understand all too well the satisfaction of the 'collecting' - sometimes as good as the satisfaction in the creating.
ReplyDeleteWonderful tie-in of the books, the typography (another fascination), the librarian and the fabric choice is great. It really does look like a bookshelf. Gorgeous..
Often I wish I wasn't so bold. But I can't help it.