How much thinking about does one quilt need?

My initial reaction to Brandon Mably's fabric collection was LOVE!  I bought and I brought home several yards.....as much as I thought practical that day and set about considering how I wanted to showcase my love.  I've been making more and more modern quilts and since traditional blocks can also be put into a modern look, that's the direction I chose.  The very traditional Churn Dash in Brandon's fabric looked really good against the Kona Aqua. 

I quickly became quite bored with my first layout on the design wall.  I was going to cut more of the Kona aqua to sash each block, but thankfully didn't do that! 

Churn Dash quilt block with Brandon Mabley fabric



Putting the quilt blocks away for a few days to work on other projects helped to clear my mind so, when I pulled all the blocks out again, I decided on this on-point arrangement.  While I liked this, I felt that there just wasn't enough jazz-it-up that Brandon's fabric deserved.

Churn Dash quilt block with Brandon Mabley fabric



So, in my usual determination, I just kept piling it on.  The more fabric, the better. Right! This quilt is beginning to come alive!  I think!  I haven't quite worked out the mechanics of how this is to be sewn together, but I'll think about that some more.  In the meantime ~


Churn Dash quilt block with Brandon Mabley fabric
 

Churn Dash quilt block with Brandon Mabley fabric
 
 

Happiness is Friday with a lot of thinking time behind me and a lot of sewing time ahead.









 

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