It was a mistake to take out the fabric for the new quilt (which we will call "the lavender quilt" from now on) to photograph it for yesterday's post. It was still on the worktable when I went back to the sewing room, and I ended up fooling with it, in one way or another, for the rest of the day.
Let's look at it again for reference.
There's only a yard of each of these fabrics. I bought them several years ago, thinking I might make zippered cosmetic pouches, so there's little chance of finding more. I've gotta work with what I've got.
I absolutely love that top piece. The "lavender field" part of the design is 5.5" tall and repeats 4 times across the width of the fabric; I can get 24 (finished) 5" squares from it (not enough for a full or queen quilt). The 1" tall stripes repeat 10 times, and the 2" tall daisies repeat 5 times. If I cut them apart, I can get 360" of the stripes, and 180" of the daisies.
I spent all day yesterday calculating and drawing, trying to figure out the best way to use the various parts. Eventually, I came up with something like this, a framed "lavender field" block alternating with a dresden plate block:d
In the process, I realized I don't have enough of the background fabric to make the quilt as shown.
Back to the drawing board.
Or the fabric store.
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