Wilkal asked yesterday to see the back. It is a black and white fabric I have had for around 20 years (and I'm finally using it, LOL). I washed this quilt and 2 baby quilts to get them soft and crinkly. If you click on the picture you can get a closer look.
While moving things in the basement I found a box with this quilt started in it. It is yarn dyed woven flannel fabrics. For some of you who are new to working with fabrics, most fabrics are printed. Yarn dyes are woven with thread that has been dyed and the way the weaving takes place creates the patterns, usually plaids and stripes. Yarn dyed wovens compared to printed woven fabric are more colorfast. That doesn't mean they won't fade, they just don't fade as fast. And talking about fading, I'm not talking about color running, I'm talking about fading from sunlight and washing.
Here are some more pieces waiting to be made into blocks
and here are some blocks waiting to be cut into strips for piecing. Can you see that I pieced the light colored triangle here? I was running out of fabric and had a few more blocks to make.
It is clouding up and starting to rain. I can hear thunder off in the distance. Our warm weather will be gone today.
While moving things in the basement I found a box with this quilt started in it. It is yarn dyed woven flannel fabrics. For some of you who are new to working with fabrics, most fabrics are printed. Yarn dyes are woven with thread that has been dyed and the way the weaving takes place creates the patterns, usually plaids and stripes. Yarn dyed wovens compared to printed woven fabric are more colorfast. That doesn't mean they won't fade, they just don't fade as fast. And talking about fading, I'm not talking about color running, I'm talking about fading from sunlight and washing. Here are some more pieces waiting to be made into blocks and here are some blocks waiting to be cut into strips for piecing. Can you see that I pieced the light colored triangle here? I was running out of fabric and had a few more blocks to make. It is clouding up and starting to rain. I can hear thunder off in the distance. Our warm weather will be gone today.