What Day It Is?
Today I woke up thinking it was Monday, and it was! The last time I woke up and knew the right day was…umm, I can't remember. To be honest, I've never been very good at tracking what day of the week it is on any given day. Growing up, my mom had those towels in the kitchen with the days of the week on them. I was always using the wrong one.
Today's Project
My last batch of masks left the house yesterday. The requests have slowed down some so I am finding time to get to other projects. I've returned to my #100DayProject. I'll share the first block tomorrow. I've picked Tuesday as my official start date. I also plan to get a little painting done today.
#The100DayProjectMysteryQuilt
Preparations for #The100DayProjectMysteryQuilt are in full swing. This project has given me something else to focus on for using my creative energies. I'd love it if you'd join me over in my Facebook group, Mary's Art Hutch – 100 Day Mystery Quilt. The patterns will only be posted in the group. Even if you are not sure about making the quilt, please join us and follow along.
Selecting Fabric
Before we get started on the project, I wanted to share a few ideas for selecting fabric for the project. As mentioned in the announcement, this is a great scrap buster project. While you could make it entirely out of whatever you have on hand, when I make a scrap quilt, it like to give it a unifying theme
Unifying Themes
Here are a few theme ideas to get you started:
- Color: Select fabrics from a group of colors.
- Black, Red, and White
- Rainbow – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet
- Monochromatic – multiple shades and tints of a single color
- Neutrals
- Pastels, Bights, Jewel Tones – Colors of a similar shade or tone
- Color Triad – Three colors equidistant on the color wheel
- Red, Yellow, Blue
- Orange, Red-Violet, Blue-Green
- Orange, Green, Violet
- Print Style: Fabrics of the same period or style
- Civil War Prints – the prints pictured above for my quilt
- 1930s – Conversation prints and feedsack prints
- Novelty Prints – character and object prints
- Historic prints – prints from a single era
- Batiks - wax resist dyed fabrics
More Options
- Designer Prints: Print grouping from a favorite designer
- Tula Pink
- Kafee Fasset
- Bonnie Christine
- Tilda
- Dear Stella
- By Fabric Collection or Manufacturer: Here are a few:
- Andover
- Art Gallery
- Benartex
- Cloth Works
- Free Spirit
- In the Beginning
- Kaufman
- Marcus Brothers
- Michael Miller
- Moda
- Riley Blake
- Robert Kaufman
- Timeless Treasures
- Windham
Background Fabric
Many of the blocks in the quilt have a background fabric in them. This feature is also a unifying option for creating a cohesive quilt. I will be using a selection of "Shirting" fabrics as my backgrounds. Though they are not all the same print, they have a unifying affect by being all the same type of fabric. Using one color for the background is another way to unify the blocks. For example, a bright white background with 1930s prints. Look over the fabrics you are considering and select a color for the background that brings everything together. While colors like white, cream, tan, gray, and black are frequent choices, don't be afraid to be bold and select a color like red or purple. Any color can be a unifying background color when the right shade is selected.
That's all I have for now. I will be posting additional information for the project over the next several days. Until next time,