It's Oh So Quiet

Anyone who knows me probably knows I like colourful quilts. But sometimes, working on something completely different is in order. A client who'd bought a quilt from me mentioned she'd like another quilt for her living room, and since I've got a bit of time on my hands (or I'm just barking mad), I said I'd do it. I kind of miss doing custom work, but not so much that I'm going to take on customs like I used to. Anyway, this request was rather interesting, even though it didn't sound like much at first.

A cream quilt.

Say whaaaaaat?! My first reaction is "zzzzzzzzz" because I rarely ever work with neutrals. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike neutral quilts. Quite the contrary. I think they're beautiful in their simplicity and there can be so much contrast in neutrals.

But I work with them so rarely that out of the 20 fabrics I'm using for this quilt, I only got two from stash. But then I decided that the quilt's what you make it. So I accepted the challenge and after pondering for days, I decided I'd like to see the fabrics I'd chosen in courthouse steps.

I don't know why, but there's something about courthouse step blocks that make me stupid happy. It's supremely easy to sew (I mean, after you get the centre figured out, it's pretty much mindless sewing) but soooooo satisfying. So very satisfying. 

This is what I've got so far and I think I'm quite happy with it! I picked a lot of creams but for contrast, I picked a few darker and lighter prints. The centre squares are a greyish brown by Denyse's Meadowlark collection that I'd removed from the stack when I used it.

Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out but I like where it's going already. Hopefully the client will like it too!! :)


Speaking of courthouse steps, anyone who's bought Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe and is going to attempt my Lanterns in the City pattern, listen up! The fabric requirements were printed wrongly. It should read "1/2 yard each of 18 assorted solids", not 13. I only realised this mistake when I flicked through my own pattern to look at how much fabric I'd need and wondered why 13 sounded like WAY too few fabrics. UGH. I'm so sorry for not picking that up in the proofs... something went wrong somewhere along the way. So take a pen to the page and amend it for me. Thanks! And sorry! Seriously, I'm mortified. Edit: I just checked with Martingale and there is NO error. Oopsies. They'd lumped together the other five fabrics in with the extra you'd need for the large city block. So panic was for nothing. Sorry. I'm going to bury my head in the sand now. Thanks. Sigh.