I want to do a quilt for a brother who has lots of chili pepper decor (if you can call it that, bachelor that he is). Does anyone have suggestions for what pattern would do justice to a chili pepper print (bright)?
Thanks in advance.
Trixie
I'll be watching this thread since I have several chili prints as well.
Gentleman's Fancy might work out nicely, or perhaps Eccentric Star. Both of those are pieced.
If you want to make something a little more fun and you like applique, you might think about appliqueing one large chili pepper on a plain background for each block. Make all the peppers out of the prints and stitch them onto background fabric of his favorite color or colors.
Debra in VA
Quiltmaker magazine had a pattern with chilies in the Nov/Dec issue, the one with Mickie Swall's pretty cardinals on the cover. Here's the link
And me - something about staying in New Mexico with Sarah gave me the incentive to collect chili pepper fabrics - I have a large carrierbag full!
Suzie B
There is a traditional pattern called Navajo, which has a large center square that would focus on the fabric. Or check out Southwest Decoratives for ideas of patterns, many strip pieced, that look like Indian designs. I use chili pepper fabrics in all sorts of patterns.
Pati, in Phx
Paul & Suzie Beckwith wrote:
It might be fun to do a stack-n-whack with a bright chili pepper print.
Page in Omaha, NE
Howdy! Have you seen these?
Ragmop/Sandy
Suzzzzie,
Yeah, but if I remember correctly - you wouldn't eat'em!
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