Ok, I know, my sewing machine is in the ICU so I won't be sewing anything anytime soon, but hey a girl can dream!
Now that Lucia's flying geese quilt is all done bar the quilting (and trust me, that is going to be very basic, no frills, no fancy stuff) once I get my machine back, I am contemplating my next project, also for a daughter, in this case for Laura.
Laura is 14 and completely in the throes of adolescence as is expected at her age. My level-headed, down to earth, head-on-her-shoulders, sensible eldest daughter has become this all fuzzy, superficial, giggly, head in the clouds, looks-are-all-important giddy girl. No, this is not some miraculous overnight development! This has been happening for quite some time now: long enough for me to acquire a significant stash of fashion fabrics (lipsticks, glasses, high heels, dresses, bikinis, undies, you name it). Laura likes the card tricks pattern. HAs always liked it. So, my creativity button has been pushed and I figure I might as well make her a card tricks quilt using these fabrics.
I have searched google for pictures of this quilt and all the pictures I come up with are repeating blocks; 2 or 3 or 4 fabrics plus a background fabric, but repeating the same fabrics in each block in all blocks of the quilt.
I was wondering if it would look weird to have different blocks. Maybe same background in each but having the cards made of different fabric in each block. Maybe using two different fabrics in each block (that means that each block would have two the same cards), but these would vary throughout the quilt. I'm not sure whether this ramble makes sense to any of you, but I know exactly what I mean!
And while I'm on the subject, would a card tricks pattern be suitable for a scrap quilt? For instance, I have a zillion 1930's pieces (well maybe not quite that many) and I'd love to use these in a quilt, using something somewhat simple. So I could use these in combination with matching solids? What do you think?
Oh and by the way, just a note: it is NOT a good idea to clean up/muck out the sewing room. Now that all my fabrics are all displayed in an orderly manner, and all clearly visible and accessible, I suddenly have all these inspirations and ideas bombarding me! I should have left the place a major mess!!!!!
Claudia