stars, sawtooth stars...

After two and a half weeks of no sewing,

I finally got to play with fabric this week,

and managed to make the rest of the 8 inch sawtooth stars 

for Jordan's quilt.

Jordan prefers the light and deep version of color,

but isn't as big of a fan 

of the brights.

Which, of course,

is what my stash is primarily stocked with.

I only have a tiny bit of this California Dreamin' fabric left. But I had to include some Jenean Morrison 💗

So I had to do a good bit of shopping for this project.

Poor me.

 😉

I have mostly chosen fabrics based on their color,

(and the further I've gotten on this project,

the more I've looked for fabrics without a linear design,

because - goodness - those add to the challenge)

meaning, they must go with

(not to be confused with match)

my 'pull it together' fabric

but some have been chosen 

(and down-right hunted for)

with Jordan in mind.

Kitties!! Because Jordan loves animals, especially dogs and cats. Plus - they are so cute!

I think most quilts look best when there is a good mix of

light, dark, and medium,

so it was necessary to include lots medium fabrics
but I've been careful to have most of my 'mediums'

not be brights

(although a few brights have found their way in there, too)

tall buildings and crammed together houses, because Jordan likes 'cities', and her fiancee lives in Chicago
(where, incidentally, I am from. Well. Chicago Heights, that is)
(neither of these were my first choice to represent Chicago; that was one of my online fabric shopping fails...)

I've worked to keep a good balance,

while trying to be a bit heavy with light pinks

as that is Jordan's favorite color.
(although this particular group of blocks
is not at all heavy with pinks,
the quilt will be over all)

I've already used over 80 fabrics,

and have 14 more on the cutting mat

waiting to be turned into 2 more firework blocks,

and the 2 remaining swoon blocks.

Josh & Jordan, in the moonlight. Or - bunnies!

Who knows how many more will be added

for the other sections of the blocks....

Go team Use All the Fabrics 😁

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