Hey, I have backing, which means I should get a little credit for thinking ahead, but I guess not much.
Long story short, I've been buying (because there's absolutely NOTHING in my stash that will work here, believe me, I dove in and came up empty) and auditioning brushed cotton all weekend (note to all, Quilt Expressions has the fastest shipping ever, the stuff shows up almost before you order it, and my western Michigan quilt shop has the most delicious Debbie Field Riverwoods flannels, it took a lot of self control to get out of there with just what I thought would work...)
Hoping for some contrast, I went in a direction I probably shouldn't have taken in the first place, but in my defense, I'm a brights girl -- all this plaid understated stuff is new to me.
The denim shot cotton from Kaffe Fassett is it. I should have known better. I was hoping to find something that would make it all sing, and, well, turns out I didn't need to. This quilt doesn't want to sing; it just wants to keep a certain someone warm all winter and not draw too much attention to itself. Especially when it, say, goes off to college. It wants to be all guy-cool.That decision made, I start laying out the nine-patches...
...and it's just getting way too busy. Even for me. Kinda makes my head spin (or maybe that was the wine?). I had thought it might come to this -- just when I thought I might make a quilt completely from a pattern...oh well.
I was born to tweak -- it is my destiny.
Plan B: just use the inside of the top -- it makes the quilt smaller than a twin but still big enough for a throw, and use my new favorite denim blue for the binding instead.
Which raises the following concern: this loose-weave shot cotton does not, to me, appear to be the best choice for a long-life, lotsa wear binding. Even doubled, it just isn't instilling me with any confidence that it will be on the quilt for very long with regular boy-wear. So now that I at least know the color's right, I still have to find some Kona or the equivalent...unless someone out there knows something about the durability of shot cotton that I don't.
Anybody have any experience using this as binding?
4 comments:
Ohh, sorry, I can't help with the binding decision. But I think you definitey picked the right fabric to go with that quilt -- and I'm a brights girl, too. Quilts have their own mind.
you're right...it's singing all on it's own. good choice. no help with the shot cottons...never used them.
Not sure about the binding either, but it looks so cozy and lovely...
great colors and fabrics. I've never used the shot cottons so no help there... I liked the yellow you auditioned and the toned down orange, but yes, I'm a fellow brights quilter too. the blue was a great choice.
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