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
chili peppers quilt suggestions
Mar 11, 2005
8 Replies
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
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. Not sure it would work with a chili pepper print, but the nice thing about this quilt is that if he ever tires of chili peppers, he could possibly cut them off, and still have a nice wall hanging.HTH! Michelle
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?
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Several of the patterns bring spice, hot peppers, and chiles to mind. *** Dandelion Stew is a fairly simple pattern, made more interesting by the fabulous fabrics. Tiramisu is strip or string piecing. Pazzo is square-in-a-square, w/ more strips. Tapas is a delightful quilt w/ an easy piecing pattern, one of my favorites in this collection. Lots of wild fabrics make into a pleasing whole.
*** Don't copy, but let these inspire you.
Ragmop/Sandy
Suzzzzie,
Yeah, but if I remember correctly - you wouldn't eat'em!
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