Most of the time I don’t have a definite plan in mind for the fabric I buy. I see what I like and need decide to purchase some; sometimes a fat quarter, sometimes 5 meters. However, on occasion, certain fabrics speak to me and a quilt forms in my head before I’ve even finished basting my current project. That’s my problem you see; too many quilts, not enough time/money/space.
One such fabric was this half moon stripe in charcoal from the ‘Uno’ collection by Stof. I love the jewel colours and the simple, repetitive design. I had to have it.
I knew this would be make the perfect backing fabric for a block I’ve been wanting to use on a quilt top for a while. With the colour scheme chosen, more fabric was ordered for the blocks. The other day this colourful collection tumbled through the letterbox.
Clockwise from left:
Nordika – Arctic Lights in Polar, Architextures – Crosshatch in Black, Mirror Ball Dots in Snow, Squared Elements in Shadow, Glimma – Soba in Fog, Carnaby Street – Kings Road in Fuchsia, Architextures – Crosshatch in plum, Uno – Beaded Wave in Raspberry, Uno – Floating Axes in Raspberry, Kona Valentine, Kona Plum, Chicopee – Cross Square in Green, Stitch Floral Circle in Teal, Nordika – Stellar in Skylight, Stitch Square in Teal, Kona Candy Green, Kona Blue Grass.
Aren’t they great? All I need now is a grey to use for the background. I’m off to London in a few weeks, so I’ll take some of the backing fabric to The Village Haberdashery to colour match it with a Kona solid. With so many new colours being released, I’m not sure which grey would be the best match!
Quilts From The Attic 
Hello Nick from the other side of the world. Love the colours in this stash! Not the sort of colours I choose (I am very traditional, and love Civil War repros) but just gorgeous! I will be interested to see how you choose to use it.
Thank you! I’ve already started a block so look out for that soon.