Friday, July 10, 2026

Patchwork City Revisited

Cleaning out a cupboard of quilting books a few weeks ago, I found 8(!) quilt blocks stuffed into my copy of Patchwork City by Elizabeth Hartman @elizabethagh. Apparently, I'd started a BOM in 2015(!!) but didn't keep up and stashed them away for another day. I no longer have any of those Tula Pink fabrics, so I wasn't sure what I might do to use the blocks. Maybe something together, but maybe not.


But over recent weeks, I've been thinking I might like to continue making blocks, and was looking at scrap bags of Tula's fabric for sale, though I hadn't yet purchased any. And then..... last night at our guild meeting, I was shocked to see a good sized bag of Tula Pink fabric scraps on the free table! You bet I snatched them right up.


So I've pressed and sorted them all, and discovered that they are basically from two lines - True Colors (Wildflower, Mineral, Pom Poms, Hexy, Fairy Dust, Tent Stripe prints in a variety of colorways) and Homemade (Busy Fingers, Seed Stitch, Getting Snippy prints, also in a variety of colorways). There were more of some prints than others, but it all added up to 1.5#, or approximately 4 yards of fabric if measured by weight. And you can see that there's a stack of solid scraps also. I have no way of knowing if they are Tula Pink solids or not, but there're certainly welcome, no matter. I'm also not 100% sure the colors and prints will mix well with the blocks I already have, but I'm going to try. SO, I have a couple of quilts to finish, and some bee and BOM blocks to make, but one of these days soon-ish, I'll dig into these fabrics and see what I can do.