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.
Oh wow, great find at your guild. I have a very good feeling you can make the old and new work; Tula is pretty consistent with her colors across lines.
ReplyDeleteI like those blocks! And now you have a 'new' bag of Tula Pink scraps, score!! You'll have fun mixing things around, sometimes that's my favorite part of quilting, 'What if?'
ReplyDeleteThis is all so great! I think it's wonderful that you're resurrecting those blocks, and it's amazingly timely that those scraps were left by another guild member! You couldn't have ASKED for such a gift. I admire how you always make something fabulous out of scraps... and in fact your methods were among those included in our Saturday Central Florida MQG program about using scraps to make modern quilts. You're a shining example to all of us about how to turn scraps into a gorgeous quilt. Credit was given to you in our program, and rightly so. Well done, Debbie, and thank you for inspiring so many of us.
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