Dreaming in Grays

If I have time to make one more big quilt before the end of the year (a big question mark due to the puppies and everything else I have planned) I'd like to make one in gray. I've always wanted to design and make a monochromatic quilt. So I hauled out my gray scrap fabric stash last night to see what I have.

There's about twenty or thirty yards in the bin, so fabric won't be a problem.

The simpler the design, the more likely I am to make it well. I like the look of Mickey Zimmer's Beachy in Grey pattern, and I'm tempted to invest in that. But to make it really special I should design the patchwork myself. So more thinking to do on this, too.

Comments

nightsmusic said…

You'd be designing it though with the material placement. After all, a log cabin is a log cabin but no two are alike because of the material the quilter chooses :)

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