I have an absolutely dreadful picture of a rainbow group that I will most likely not use for the purpose I pulled it, but it's a lovely pull and I actually really like it.
Here's the story.
I had a stroke at the end of November and wound up spending most of December in the ICU. I was fortunate to come home just in time for Christmas, and I've been very lucky that I've made a great recovery. Aside from massive headaches, the only symptom I experienced from the stroke was double vision which resolved early on in my hospital stay. But, after spending three weeks in the hospital, and knowing I had a brain injury, my speed and confidence in my motor skills plummeted.
Still, I wanted to get back to my sewing room when I was up for it. So early on, I'd visit my sewing room and pet the new fabrics that arrived from my black friday shopping (I was hospitalized when black friday packages arrived) and I tried to figure out a good first project to get back into sewing. I was so stiff I couldn't really do anything that required I get on the floor, or pick things up from the floor, so finishing up a quilt I had left in progress was not going to happen really early (though I have since finished it, so yay!) and another project I've been working on has a lot of curves. Like, a lot. And I wasn't sure I was up to that just yet either. I needed something simple and achievable.
One of the patterns I had ordered on Black Friday was Interwoven by Lo and Behold and I thought it would be great: it's all straight lines, there's piecing shortcuts, it sounded great, until I was scrolling through Instagram looking at other versions and someone mentioned the precision necessary...I wasn't ready for precision just yet.
But, I had pulled this bundle before I decided I wasn't up to it. Most Interwoven quilts are made with solids, which is a great modern choice. But I love prints too and if I'm going to my stash, it pretty much has to be prints. I have solids, but not nearly enough for what this quilt would require.
I think this bundle is great and would look great on this pattern, except for one thing. The pieces are too narrow. The finished width of the strips is only one inch, and the prints would just get lost. It makes me sad, because I think the color and style overall is great, they're just too big.
I'm sewing a bit better now and I'm feeling better about my coordination, so I'd like to make the quilt, but I'll have to pick some solids I think for it. Or maybe some really small prints, like the speckled line, or some of the other basics by Ruby Star or even Riley Blake. Some of these prints would work, of course. The citrine, I think is small enough, as is the navy Rifle Paper, and the speckled and blossom basics I have in the bundle already. But the pinks are too large scale for sure. We'll see. I do have some other projects that will be ahead of this one if I'm feeling confident.
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