Saturday 27 September 2014

Kaffe-tastic

This week I stitched and stitched and stitched until 108 small blocks became this colourful Sparkling Gemstones quilt -



Kaffe Fassett quilts are very often not really my thing, but this one captivated me the first time I saw it in the book, and although I have had misgivings along the way (like, what possessed me to but these fabrics?) I'm glad I've finally stitched them up.

It's colourful and full on but I think the cream picture frame borders help to "control" it for me.  I used a very old inhabitant of my stash for those picture frame borders and it's not a flat solid, more of a shadowed effect (not quite as heavy as marbled).  Again, I probably wouldn't buy this fabric today, but it works really well in this quilt and isn't quite as stark as a plain solid.

Good to be stash raiding!  What's hiding in your stash that has waited long enough to be put to use?


13 comments:

  1. It's really striking and will be wonderfully cheerful in the depths of winter! Did you find the fabrics frayed quite a bit (and really easily)? My mam is using some Kaffe fabric at the moment and it frays as soon as you look at it...

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  2. This looks wonderful to me. The frames really work so nicely with the bright fabrics.

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  3. I still have some of those fabrics and try hard to get rid of them. I like the pattern and am sure the farbics are fibrant

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  4. It's lovely! I like the bright Kaffe Fassett fabrics. You toned them down nicely!

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  5. this must be one of my all time favourites, I did not used to like Kaffe fabrics but now I love them hope they have grown on you too!

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  6. Well you know I love it - just up my street :)

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  7. Wonderful, Sarah! I love it!

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