Having a huge stash can be a blessing and a curse.  There’s no way I can justify buying fabric for a quilt when I have all the fabric I have.  The problem I find myself facing is that it’s so easy to work off a whole bolt of fabric that I’m not using a lot of my cut fabric and it’s just sitting on the shelves while I go through the bolts.  Quilts like the next one I’m making need 2-1/2 yards of blue and 3-1/2 yards of tan and 3 yards of burgundy and I don’t have those size pieces unless I work off a bolt.  What’s a quilter to do?

I have enough cream and enough tan but for the burgundy, I’m going to use several different ones.  I’ll use the one I like best for the border but each block will have a different burgundy . . kinda like I planned it that way.

The blue is giving me fits.  I thought this was the blue I would use but it’s way too bright.

I want to use one blue, not a variety of blues.  I’m not sure I’ve come up with the right one yet.  Who’d ever have thought I’d have so much trouble choosing a blue?  I’ll figure it out . . and if I can’t, I’m going to close my eyes and pick one because I’m fixing to start cutting!

It’s done!  The plan was to work on it an hour each day once I started making the other quilt but I’ve been struggling with the right blue for that quilt and haven’t started it yet so I got the March Color Palette top finished.

It ended up being about 65″ x 86″.  The colors scared me when I first saw them but I really love this quilt.

Got sewing plans for this weekend?  I do!