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It's the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day!I'm still feeling generous so I thought I would share more fabric. It would make sense, then, to show you the fabric I plan to give away. Yes, that would make perfect sense. Unfortunately, my camera is not cooperating right now so I can't download the photos. You'll just have to trust me.
Come on, you know I can pick the good stuff. I love putting together based on colour and feel. In fact, quite often I will just pull fabric from my stash for some imaginary quilt. Maybe I'll bring home a new fabric that I bought just because. Just because I liked it. So I hit the stash and see what I have that works with it. Maybe I'll even put that grouping aside for a while and let it simmer. Maybe I'll let The Monster help me and see what she comes up with. Maybe I'll even start a project then and there. No pattern, no plan, just a pile of fabric and a little inspiration along the way.
For the giveaway please leave a comment telling me how you pick fabric for a quilt - does the fabric comes first or the pattern/design? And tell me which colourway you prefer:
Yellow/pink
Green/Orange/Yellow
Red/Aqua
Green/Blue
Brown/Blue
I will pull from my stash 6 fat quarters in the winners choice colourway. And I have no problem shipping internationally (I'm in Canada) so please drop me a comment by May 31
Don't forget to visit the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway site to see the rest of the blog giveaways. There is some good stuff out there. Feel free to explore a little here too.
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green/orange/yellow
and it's always fabric first. for some reason the colors draw me in and the pattern just seems to easily come after that.
yellow and pink here please. and sometimes it is color first and othe times it is pattern first. i guess it just depends on my mood.
for me the fabrics come first then I will work later to find the pattern that fit them.
I have my blog in 'Thai' language and I named it 'Pink studio'. This means I don't have any hesitation to say ..yellow and pink is my favorite colourway. Anything with pink is me. :-)
A fellow Calgarian - how exciting :)
I'm fairly new to quilting, but would have to say at this point, I have a colour scheme in mind but choose a pattern before picking out specific fabric.
As for your generous giveaway - I'm going to have to go pink and yellow. I'm going to be starting off my daughter's "big girl quilt" and her room is a mix of pinks and greens. Yellow would be a nice splash in the mix!
I don't quilt, I sew animals and dolls- I do fabric first!! I love red/aqua- thanks!
I am a sucker for fabric so I have to let the fabric speak. Green/blue are my favorites!
I think I'd love to try the yellow/pink grab bag!
I haven't made TOO many quilts, but I guess I've picked the patterns first, and then the fabrics. But so far my fabrics have only been "old sheets" or "novelty fabrics", so nothing too complicated! Of the colourways you listed, I'd pick green/blue.
By the way, I love your "key lime" quilt! And the "your parents are cool" quilt is just brilliant. I'm putting your blog in my reader. :-)
I pick my fabric first, then decide on a pattern. It seems that when I see great fabric, the ideas start flowing.
Red/Aqua is my choice of color palette!
I'm into the brown and blue right now. I usually see the colors and get inspiration. Thanks for the chance to win!
okay, let me try this again and try to answer all your questions!
I have the feeling that this is going to be a great giveaway! just added you to my google reader -- I'm liking what I see.
Thanks!
Oh, and duh, pink/yellow. We're very girly in these parts.
And I actually started to say I start with fabric first, but I think that's a lie. I start with a pattern I want and then go out and buy the fabric. Which is probably why I don't manage to use my stash very well.
Fabric for sure! Fun giveaway! I love red and aqua.
i always get inspired by the fabric first.
green/orange/yellow
thanks!
jzuchows at princeton dot edu
The only quilt I've started so far is one for my hubby, and he picked the colors! :)
If I win, I pick red/aqua please :)
It's fabric first with me. It's fabric middle and last for that matter :) I love a green /orange/yellow colourway.
Thanks for being part of the great giveaway.
kareno369(@)hotmail(dot)com
Brown and blue. Especially blues in the aqua family (teal, turquoise, etc). I'm really liking that color combo right now. Sweet giveaway!
teresaannpfister AT hotmail DOT com
I'm into red and aqua these days. I never go pink, orange, or yellow, though. Maybe I should try it. Oh, well--surprise me!
let's see...I love red/aqua...and i think quilts happen both ways to me. sometimes I find fabric that I just love together and the pattern comes second, sometimes I find a pattern I love. sometimes a quilt starts off as one thing and ends up another...today i found a stack of fabrics I had thrown on a shelf left over from several other projects and they looked great together so now they are on their way to becoming a quilt! you just never know I guess!
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I always buy the fabric before I decide on the project. I go into a shop and see fabric I like and then I start imagining different projects I could use it for. I'll usually buy a bunch of coordinating fabric too. Then I'll pick or make up a pattern and make something. I love the red/aqua combo.
Hi Thanks for the giveaway -red and aqua for me. I always start with the fabric have a great weakness for beautiful fabrics.
I always pick the fabric first, and usually sit on it a while before I can bring myself to use it.
My color preference is red/aqua.
The brown/blue would be great! My next project is a linen quilt and those colours would go nicely. Thanks for the giveaway!
First, I want to tell you how wonderful your quilts are. They are amazing! I am not a quilter, but if I did quilt - I would hope mine are as nice as yours!
So, I am not a quilter, but a sewer. So, I hope I can still enter this draw! I usually pick my fabric first. I love shopping for fabrics. Then when I get the fabric I try and decide what to make out of it. Sometimes it is just so hard to cut into the fabric :)
Thanks for the giveaway!
Green/Orange/yellow. I'm new to quilting so i pick the fabrics (always all colors but same tone) then make your basic blocks. i like scrap quilts!
I probably plan it out first, but I may already have the fabric beforehand.
Whichever colours you want. I'm not picky.
Hello, I pick my fabric inspired by whom I'm making a quilt for. Usually I do a patchwork collection and add little things that remind me of that person. Blessings, thanks for the give away!
I love red and aqua. Normally I have the fabric first and then decide about the pattern.Thanks for the chance to win.
i dont quilt as much becues lack of time but i would love to do something big one day!
i first bick a pattern or blocks and only then the fabric
i like the green and blue
Probably a bit of both, fabric leads to a good pattern, a pattern influences choice of fabric. I'd choose the green/orange/yellow colourway.
I always pick the pattern first. Green-Orange-Yellow is my colourway. Please count me in! Thank you so much for your generosity! samjerus[at]yahoo.com
Still working on number 1 which was fabric first. I have another waiting for some action though that was pattern first!
I think I'd like the brown/blue colourway, thanks!!
I am forever being told how "backwards" I do things, as I ALWAYS buy the fabric first, and then find a patter that "speaks" to the fabric. This does, of course, leave me in a bit of a predicament, when the pattern calls for more fabric than I've purchased. As anyone creative does, I "improvise". Fabric colors....brown/blue. Love the contrast!
Typically it's the fabric that speaks to me. I've bought fabric with no quilt in mind because I just love the fabric. Then I hav eto find a pattern that will work. But there are some times when I find a pattern that is very interesting and it seems to take a fair bit of hunting to find the right combination of fabrics for that pattern. I'll go with the red/aqua combo.
I love red and blue. As I just startet quilting I don't have much experience but I usualy dont follow pattern just let me inspire by fabric and then go ahed..
Brown / Blue sounds like a winner for me. But I also love the idea of the aqua / red (sounds fun) or the green / blue too!
How do I choose fabric for a quilt? I've only made one so far and I relied quite heavily on the lovely lady behind the counter at the store - we picked a couple of lovely Moda fabrics and went from there!
Here's hoping I'm going to be a lucky Tasmanian. Thanks for hosting such a generous giveaway.
I have my fabric ready and then think of a design or find a pattern to fit it. I have to be inspired by my fabric to be inspired to sew.
I like the colour combo Brown/Blue.
Thanks for the give-away!
hayleyglen AT optusnet DOT com DOT au
I always seem to go pattern first and then fabric.
I love brown and blue.
You have a lovely blog
Green/orange/yellow -- fabrics first (the brighter and louder the better), then pattern!
Thanks for the opportunity! -- Megan
http://www.apiarydesigns.etsy.com
I'm a huge fan of the blue/brown combo...although the red/aqua sounds fun, so if I'm the winner - surprise me!
If I'm making a quilt, it's pattern first, then fabric but anything else, I sit and stare at a favorite piece of material and think "what can I make from this?"
I love your blog title - It's amazing what we can do during those short moments!
I usually choose the fabric first. I have 2 boys, so I've been working with blues and greens lately and would love those colors if I won. Thanks for the giveaway!
i would choose the pattern first and my favorites colors are
Green/Orange/Yellow
many thanks for this beautiful giveaway...even if that would be just a dream! i'm fond of us fabrics!
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tara from http:/atelierdetara.canalblog.com
I like greens/blues. I usually find the pattern first, then pick out the fabric with the design in mind.
I am new to the whole quilting scene, but I am planning on making a guest quilt instead of a guest book (everyone signs a fabric square and it gets made into a quilt). I have picked the style of the quilt and now just have to buy fabric for it. I like green/blue
I am just starting to quilt, so sticking with very simple things right now--blocks and strips. So I guess the fabric comes first! Working on a pink one right now...so I will pick green/blue to inspire a new quilt :)
oooo I love Red and Aqua together! My favorite color (red) and my daughter's fave (aqua) :D
YAY for surprises!
Kandra
There is no method to my quilting madness. I havne't done anything in the red / aqua combo yet. But I really want to.
Usually it's the fabric that comes first for me, and then I find a design that I think suits.
Green/orange/yellow sound lovely to me. I've been wanting to do something orange lately ...
I pick my fabric first, pairing color and patterns, my FAVORITE part of quilting. Green, orange and yellow sounds fun! I love surprises, so glad your camera wasn't working.
I generally look at patterns/design before fabric.
Colors....hmm I'd actually love any, but if I HAD to pick, I guess I'd go wtih green/blue. Or yellow/pink. Gosh, choices!! ACK! :)
Seems it's always important to go for color for me! I would love a bit of green/orange/yellow! Thanks for the chance!
I almost always choose the fabric first. I fall in love with something and just HAVE to do something with it!
I love red/aqua.
Green/Orange/Yellow would be my preference. Thank you for your generosity. I have never quilted before, but have long been itching to do so. A baby quilt for out little baby (Expecting in november) would be great!
It's always fabric first for me, then design (that I usually just make up). I love green/blue!
i pick fabric by gut feeling! if i feel good about the design then it is the right one.
i would love the red/aqua combo! thank you sooo much!
Hello from BC. I have just spentthe better part of an hour browsing your site. I can't believe I haven't found it before. thanks you for sharing your quilts - i see lots of inspiration here :)
I think brown/blue or yellow/pink would be most appreciated but heck, any would be lovely. I choose pattern first but I am a novice - working on my third quilt.
cheers,
S
Red aqua
I am inspired by another and use my own colors and usually change a pattern. I am new to quilting, sew I hope to find my niche.
I've only made one small quilt & I picked the pattern before the fabric.
I like yellow/pink the best.
Thanks for the giveaway!
www.craftyheidi.wordpress.com
It depends on my mood somewhat. But mostly I look for happy colors that go together!
I like the orange/green/yellow combo!
Thanks for a chance to win! :)
hootie364@gmail.com
I love brown/blue and green/blue. Calm colours! I'm not a quilter (apart from the potholder quilts I made in school! *smiles*) - just a regular sewer, but I like to think that I WILL make a quilt some day... A big one in nice muted colours and shapes... Keep your fingers crossed, that I will! :D
I haven't completed a whole quilt yet as I am just eginning, but for my first top I just grabed my favorit fabrics from my stash and added some black squares inbetween since the colors were pretty wild and had nothing in common ;-)
Green/Blue would be my favourit.
You can contact me via a comment on my blog or the email provided there.
I love Green/Orange/Yellow.
I'm new to sewing and have never made a quilt, I want too try. When thinking about it. I think I would start with the fabric. I know when I knit I start with the pattern then find the yarn...hmmm
I pick both ways, it just depends on which I find first that I like. Does that even make sense?
Sewing is all about the colors to me. I like the green orange yellow combo.
I have a problem with orphans in my stash. On their own they are fab, but somehow won't play nicely with others. Or it could be my eye that needs training! So I start with whatever works.
Very generous giveaway, thanks - whether I win or not!?
blue/brown, always love blue/brown. Only thing better than blue/brown is add a bit of lime green ;-) Only thing I really dislike is pink, but then I do have some candy pinks - I use them for gifts for others.
Love your improv quilt, btw, very, very nice.
Cheers,
AJ
i'd love a set of yellow/pink fat quarters. the colors seem perfect for summer! thank you!
christinaleigh1@gmail.com
Honestly? I have a very hard time picking out fabric for quilts. I think that I try to hard to make them match. I just need more practice!!
Usually I have a pattern and then I pick out the fabric.
I think the colors I would prefer are brown/blue.
Thanks for the chance!
The inspiration doesnt always run the same way when I am starting a project. I used to work at a fabric store, so it was dangerous because everyday I imagined new projects in my head from all the fabrics. Sadly my wallet didnt stretch as far as the imagination, being in school and all. ;) But also, as a painter, I really think with colors, and build a painting, or a sewing project from there.
The Green/Blue color way sounds great to me. Also, your Wednesday night races quilt is simply beautiful.... I love the composition. And after seeing that, I can tell you must have amazing scraps in your stash. :)
Yellow/pink is our world around here. I have to have a pattern completely set and then obsess over finding exactly the right colors and prints...which explains why quilts are so slow in forthcoming.
missyschwartz@gmail.com
Big wave hello from Toronto! I always start with the fabric first; very rarely do I buy with any sense of what I'm going to make in my head. I just get what I love and then it all falls together from there. I prefer a green/blue colourway. Thanks :D
I really don't know how I pick. Sometimes the fabric comes first, other times the pattern. I usually just wing it. I really don't have much of a stash, so I end up starting from scratch almost everytime.
I really like brown and anything, especially brown and pink, or brown and blue.
Enjoy your giveaway!
I confess that I'm not yet an actual quilter. But I'm so inspired by all the improv-style quilts I'm seeing lately that I'm definitely going to be making one of my own soon.
I do a lot of refashioning of thrifted clothing and sewing with vintage sheets and tablecloths. I think it would be really cool to put together a scrap quilt with pieces from all the clothes I've been working on lately.
And my favorite colorway? Red/Aqua, hands down.
I'm currently making my first quilt, and I chose based on the pattern first. Though I have to say I buy lots of fabric with no plan in mind, and magically, when I get home, the fabric finds something that it wants to be! My current fave combo is red/aqua. But I love brown/blue and green/orange/yellow. Anything bright!
Green/Orange/Yellow by far.
Thank you for your generous giveaway! I surprises are the best.
I would love the red/aqua. I've got a red/aqua quilt on my list of things I want to make. I only have one fabric set aside for this one so far, so it would great to win.
Thanks for the giveaway.
The pattern/design comes first and then the fabric. I decide the pattern based on how much time I have for whoever I am making the quilt for. I then think about the colours they like. My colourway would be the red/aqua. Thank you for such a great giveaway.
I just made my first two quilts--twin size for my daughters' beds. It was a simple pattern but the fabrics were scraps from skirts and dresses I've made for them over the last few years. So, very busy but in a hopefully not tacky way. The red/aqua colorway sounds very intriguing.
i prefer green and blue. For me it always starts with the fabric. I fall in love with it, and then think about how I might use it to show it off!
The fabric definitely comes first. Then I figure out which design to use. Usually. Sometimes the design. Ha!!!
Anyway, love red and aqua right now.
I do a bit of both, but more often than not, I see a quilt first and think-oh, that would look good like this and look through my scraps to see what I have to work with before purchasing anything.
You make lovely quilts!
I'm very drawn to Brown and Blue!! And although I don't have a lot of quilts under my belt, the fabric gets me first!
What a generous giveaway! For the fabric almost always comes first. I fall in love with something, age it in my stash, and then a project comes along that is good enough to convince me to cut into those fabrics! I love a green/orange/yellow colorway. Thanks for the chance at winning!
I've only made two quilts, and both the fabric have guided the design. I love some of the quilts you've done. I'd love any colorway you pick, but the blue/brown is calling to me at the moment. =)
Yellow/pink sounds fun! Love those, and haven't sewn them in combo yet.....
My mood for choosing fabrics rising and falls with my moods, or my horomones at least. Currently, I'm headed towards vintage green/orange/yellows... I think that's a hint of nostalgia lurking.
I love greens and blues! I really have a small stash, so I could use a win to beef me up! Thank you for the giveaway!
I'd be happy to win anything but right now I think I'm feeling the Green/Orange/Yellow colorway!
Thanks for this opportunity.
I love brown/blue... and the fabric definitely comes first for me!
Your website is lovely! I love the red and aqua colorway right now..last week I loved green/yellow...next week it'll be blue/brown :) I'm sort of all over the place
nforgue(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow! Almost 300 comments! I'll throw my hat in the ring...
I quite often find fabrics first. My rule is "if you see it,love it, then pick it up. It may not be there when you go back". I can be the same way with patterns. I have a couple just waiting for the perfect fabric to get me inspired..
I haven't worked with green/yellow/orange before. That could be interesting.
Ha! Picking fabrics is so hard for me! First I try not to have too big of a stash so that can limit the options at first. Usually I go rummaging through the stash and scraps until I find some long lost piece of something then make a huge mess on the floor mixing and matching fabric friends. A similar dance is made at the fabric store. I know I must look like a mess, but it gets the job done! I am currently making a green/orange/yellow quilt so I choose the blue/brown FQs. And eventhough we've never met you have a trustworthy aire about you. =]
Green/Blue or Brown/Blue work for me! I'm working on my first quilt now and picked the fabric, then the pattern. It has scenes in it, so I had to make sure I had a pattern that would feature them. Thanks!
Fabric first. I never realized that until now! I like the red/aqua colorway.
ooh, Red/Aqua. I think that I usually start with the fabric.
P.S. Your Wednesday Night Races quilt is incredible!
I generally find a pattern that I like and then start looking for the perfect fabric....blue and green are usually my faves. They are so calming!
I always pick the fabric first-probably explains my overabundance of fabric. Right now I lean towards the Brown/Blue or the Green/Blue colorways. Thank you for participating in the giveaway-makes it fun for all of us.
Well, I love yellow and pink. I'm going to doing a new room for my baby girl in pink green and white.
As for my quilting and sewing, I usually draw my own pattern and then find the fabrics. I use Usually loosely because I'm new to sewing and have only made one quilt and have just finished drawing the pattern for my second quilt. I'm also trying to learn to make dresses for my baby girl. I'm also in Calgary too, nice place eh?
Kristin
kristinmarieyoung@gmail.com
kristinandjake.blogspot.com
I have to admit, I've never made a full-sized quilt, only a couple of small ones. And I don't even know what to do with them. I tend to use whatever is in my stash, small as it is, or whatever I can scrounge from my mom's bins.
I really love greens and blues. They remind me of nature and new life and really invigorate me.
I find a fabric I like and then the fabric tells me what it wants to be.
I like the sound of green/orange/yellow.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I collect patterns I love. Then I choose the fabric. Since I'm always making a quilt for someone specific, I find fabric that feels like them and use it with whatever pattern I think they'll like. But I have a goal to make a quilt for me this summer and perhaps a few just because! I do love green/blue!
I usually go with the fabric and certain colours first. Red and aqua sounds like a wonderful mix. Thank you
So, I don't have a lot of time today for givaway day things... (sadly) so I was choosy about what people to click on... my screen name is similar (mommysnaptime) I imagine it's nap time that you sew!
I like the green/yellow/orange.
I usually get an idea for what color I'm lookig for then go shopping for fabric. I'm not the greatest about picking matching fabric so sometimes I just order online where I can get others' suggestions. I think I love colors too much - I always want them all in the quilt!
emedoodle@yahoo.com
I'm a new quilter so I don't have much experience either way...I do find myself being drawn to certain patterns that I see and also to various fabric collections. As far as colors are concerned I would probably pick the green/blue combo, although lately I am really digging the chocolate brown/aqua blue combos I have seen.
Wow... there certainly are a lot of comments here! I love red/aqua right now, although I have a fondness for brown/blue also since those are my hair/eye colors.... so anyway... I love your site, thanks for sharing your stash!
Em
www.emandthegang.blogspot.com
I'm a fabric-first kind of gal! And I love green-orange-yellow! It's spring and summer on fabric!
hmmm.havent made a quilt yet. but, plan too. green/orange/yellow sounds fun. :)
I always start with the fabric first :) I haven't made a red/aqua quilt yet!
I always pic a pattern first. Unless I find a fabulous fabric that takes me away :-)brown/blue
I really do a little bit of both - sometimes a particular fabric speaks to me and I work around it, other times I start with the pattern first. And I need to go with red/aqua.
Hi!! I usually pick the fabric after I have chosen the pattern. I like the red and aqua. love your blog, thank you for this giveaway!
I dont think I follow any one way. Sometimes its a pattern, sometimes it a fabric...but probably pattern more often, and usually, my quilt never ends up the way I imagine it will. But its always fun, right? Your offer is so generous, I feel guilty picking a colorway! I shy away from green/orange/yellow myself, so maybe your color sense will lead me down the right path with those colors? Thanks Jenny
Krousegirl@aol.com
Well I've never actually made a quilt, yet! But I will. It is on my list of things to do. I would love the green/orange/yellow colorway
Green/Blue
But I don't quilt..I sew bags/clothes/toys...one day I might venture into quilting!!
Tam
I'm a big green, yellow, orange fan. My little boy and my husband look so good in green - to match their eyes. How do I come up with my next project? I gotta say, I'm a design type of girl. I am currently working on a quilt that has all of my husband's old music t-shirts in it, so the design had to come first to make it fit.
Fabric first! Red/Aqua is my pick, I just did an afghan in these colors and it turned out great. Now I'm hooked.
I love blues and greens! If I were to win I could pick it up locally...no shipping costs!! hee hee
Hello there from a fellow Canuck. I usually have fabric then find the pattern. Not sure why....
I like red/aqua
gordandalisa at gmail dot com
Since I have 2 boys, I would love to play with the brown/blue colors.
I haven't made a quilt yet, but I know when I've been looking I'm usually looking at design first. I've been drawn to the zig zag recently. I think I'd go with green/blue
Blue/green for me every time. I especially love that soft sea foam green. The fabric always comes first. Thanks for the lovely blog.
lyndy(at)pulsehr(dot)co(dot)nz
Normally I see a fabric or jelly roll or collection that I love. Then the quilt forms from there. I don't really make intricate quilts, just squares or triangle. So no patterns really. I love green/blue.
Thanks!
Red/Aqua would be my pick. I usually pick the fabric first.
I'm still a pretty new quilter... I ahve a bunch of fabric from over the years and my stash is always growing... for my most successful quilts and projects I've purchased for the project in mind...
I'd love to expand my stash in the red/aqua realm!
I choose fabric first and always just because I like it and with no real plans.
My favorite - Green/Orange/Yellow
Thanks!
jodie.marie
at
verizon.net
Wow your stash looks pretty good. I like Blue/Greens please
I find design inspiration from fabric and sometimes the fabric suggests a design. It works both ways for me.
I think the yellow-pink is my first choice, then the red/aqua.
I love your blog and the triangle quilt
I'm so in love with the red/aqua colorway.
and good luck at your upcoming quilting show :)
I'm going to say red and aqua because that just sounds like fun! I'm definitely a fabric first kind of girl - I find something I like and then sit down to figure out what it should be :)
your quilts are beautiful! i have 100% faith in your ability to pick beautiful fabric :-)
i'm loving red/aqua colorways right now!
I love the red/aqua colour combo.
I usually have the fabric before I pick the pattern. Then I pick a pattern that best shows off the fabric.
I love patterns, but truth be told I pick the fabric first. I choose blue-greens, but I do love purples. Love your triangles. Try one of Bonnie Hunters scrap quilts, great way to use lots of scraps. Keep sewing you are doing a wonderful job!
Hmm, probably inspiration from someone else's quilt that I realize I'll never be able to have myself. Then when I just can't get it out of my head I go crazy collecting similar fabrics and keep picking fabrics until the last inch of MY quilt is sewn. Yeah, I'm the little green copycat called "envy" so I suppose my color pick should be Green, and whatever else you think would look great,thank-you.
Design first, then fabric, although I get stuck on a fabric and try and talk myself into the design I want with that fabric. That usually doesn't work. I usually need to know right away that they belong together, otherwise it's forced.
I am loving the brown/blue combos these days. Thanks so much!
For me the fabric always comes first, I see it, I buy it and then magically what I'm supposed to do with it just happens. Love it.
Blue and brown do it for me these days, thanks
littlefamily1997@msn.com
Definitely red and aqua! The colors I'm decorating my farmhouse kitchen with!!
mattrochelle@msn.com
I definitely pic the fabric first. And I just love anything red and aqua!
Thanks!
It almost always starts with the fabric...
I love blue/brown combinations.
Thanks!
Lets see, I think I go both ways usually I have a quilt location in mind, hence some idea of colors pick a pattern and then start rummaging through my stash. But occasionally a pattern jumps out at me and I then I have to think colors second and try not to let the original colors influence me.
I think my colorway would be pink and green. But since thats not an option, how about blue and green instead.
Your quilts are amazing! I have had a wander through your blog but will be coming back for more! I tend to find one piece of fabric I really like, use it as a strating point then build up from there. At the moment I am collecting red and aqua fabrics. Thank you for a fun mystery giveaway and the chance to win!
I'm actually working on my first quilt! And I chose the colors based on what I wanted in my bedroom and just found fabrics that fit. Not very inspired, huh! I love, love, love red and aqua!!!
Hi!
I love all sorts of colours and patterns but am particularly drawn to the red/aqua colourway (I think it's because of living with three males, blue for them and a little bit of red for me) :)
I haven't yet attempted quilting but I have my Japanese craft book (http://huangfamily.com/craftingjapanese/archives/2006/05/isbn457911020x.html) and am dying to try *something* soon!
Thanks for your generous give-away!
Candice
candicekay@iprimus.com.au
I love your blog! I am so glad I stumbled upon it. I always pick the fabric and then the project. I love anything with polka dots. Brown and blue or red and aqua would be my choice.
susanlanthrip@knology.net
I always gravitate towards greens and blues, so greens and blues I choose :) I've not yet made a quilt but usually I start with fabric and decide what to do from there.
Actually I do do much quilting... but loads of sewing !!!
Brown Blue would suit me for a change!!
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For me the fabric comes first. Not 100% of the time but, yea, mostly it's the fabric that tells me what pattern / style quilt to make.
I am loving brown/blue colors right now.
Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Hi
I love aqua/red quilts, but I'm having a hard time finding reds that I like, I think red is a difficult color... :-)
Usually the fabric comes first,I like using fabrics from the same range
I pick the fabric first!
I think I'll pick yellow/pink... not my favorites but definitely my daughter's favorites, and since I need to make her a quilt that's a good thing...
Thanks for a great giveaway!
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My best memory is definitely holding my first quilt in my arms after getting it back from the lovely woman who actually quilted it for me. I had hand-pieced a king-sized charm quilt for my brother's wedding present and to wrap my arms around the finished product was about the best feeling int he world. I made that!
blue/green please, if I'm lucky enough. More charm quilts for the other brothers and their new wives.
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I actually don't quilt much, but I typically choose fabric with girly designs because I mainly sew for my little girls.
As for the colorway, I like all of them, but mostly Yellow/Pink.
I am a newbie, so not many quilts made, but I fall in love with the fabric and then make the quilt that suits it. Red/Aqua!!!!
So sweet of you to do this, please put my name in the drawing :)
I usually pick a design 1st but sometimes the fabric comes 1st. I have 6 half yards from the same line that are awaiting the perfect design, I am thinking a pinwhell quilt with coordinating solids but I am not sure yet.
Green/Blue
usually i pull fabrics, then choose a design. i like to pile up my fabric and gaze at it a few days (weeks, or months) and then come up with the perfect pattern for it. (i usually go through 8-10 ideas before a final decision. it's amazing i get anything done, isn't it???)
i forgot to add, i'd take any color combo if i were to win. (and you can delete one of my comments. i wish i could edit my comment...would be much easier!)
Always Green/Blue for me! I have only sewn one quilt so far, and I had the pattern first and then picked the fabric. But I can see in my future having the fabric and then picking the pattern . . .
Love browns, blues, greens...probably because I have boys and this works best in our house. I haven't ventured on making a quilt YET, but have saved TONS of jeans to start a jean rag quilt.
Lisa
I love a combo of red and aqua! I pick fabric for quilts based on one fabric first, it could be a favorite print or a favorite color. Then I just go through my stash to see what goes with it.
sasikirana(at)yahoo
I almost always fall in love with the fabric first and then try to figure out what to make with it! Granted I am very new, and have no stash really, so that's where it all started.
I personally am a green/blue kinda girl, and I love the dots you assembled for your last giveaway, so I am sure you'll send greatness!
Yellow and Pink for me! With me the colors would come before the design. Thanks for the chance to win.
Red/aqua...I LOVE that scheme.
I explored your blog and your quilts are amazing. If I had the space, I woul start quilting today. I love your improv quilt, and the blue and green one with bubbles (that is what it looks like to me). I will definitely have to visit again. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I like yellow/pink since the next quilt I plan to make is for my daughter. I usually pick the pattern and then the fabric.
When I started quilting I used to pick fabic first, now I pick pattern first so I don't drive myself batty. Green/blue would be great.
I'm a real beginner, and I've never actually made a quilt yet, but I've been collecting fabrics for one for over a year - so I'd have to say, fabric first! I would have to say red and aqua. Hope your daughter is better.
Red/aqua. Love the splash of colour this offers. How I pick my quilt. Well, considering I JUST picked out the stuff for my first one I have to say that I went with a pattern first, because I knew I had to do something easier. BUT, that being said I picked colours according to my whim. If I was more experienced I'd do colours first since those are what would make me love it.
Fabric first - then I need to figure out what to do with it!
But I guess that is why I have a out-of-control stash. I just need to find some patterns now;)
My favourite colour combo these days is Red/Aqua so that is what I would choose.
thanks for sharing!
from a fellow Canadian
xo
fabric first and blue/brown right now.
I think I'm going to win!
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I am feeling green/blue today.
Thanks for the chance to win!
=) melanie
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I'm so sorry to hear about Monster's arm! The picture of her sucking her thumb is sad and so precious! I hope she's feeling much better.
As for picking fabric, I usually go in looking for one thing -- maybe a coordinating fabric to accent a current project or something to fill a certain need. Then, I see another something I like. And it needs a coordinating fabric or two. Or three. Then, while looking for that - WOW! - I find another amazing fabric.
The next thing you know I'm pulling up to the cutting table with a huge cart full of fabric and everyone else is groaning because it'll take 30 minutes to cut my stuff.
I gotta curb this addiction.
The red/aqua colorway sounds rather intriguing right now. I'll go for that.
Thanks for the chance to enter!
(And sorry this comment is a novel!)
-Mandi
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pattern first! red/aqua would be my choice cause i don't have that. i'm sure it will be wonderful - from the photos in your blog, you have great color sense.
Hi!
Thanks for doing this great giveaway!
I have actually never made a quilt before, I just got my sewing machine this year, so I am still a beginner. BUT, I am going to attempt to make a patchwork duvet cover. I'm thinking a red/aqua color combo would be beautiful! It's going to be for my cousin who is finally getting her own place. She'll be living in Alaska, so she'll need fresh, cheery decor to brighten those gloomy days.
Have a great weekend!
Hey Naptime Quilter.
I always pick one fabric in a shop I absolutely love then match up other bits in the shop that go really well with this, Failing that I know I have a huge stash at home which also helps.
I would like to be considered for Brown/Blue colourway, as Im currently on a quilting block swap and that is my colour way, your fabrics could finish this off lovely (stop by my blog and inquire for details if your interested)
Unfortunately I can't quilt yet, but it is one of my goals someday. I would choose the pink and yellow colorway I think, but really any of them would be lovely!
heathervanhoof[at]yahoo[dot]com
Fabric, fabric, fabric first. You can always figure out a design when you have lovely fabric to play with! I would love the red/aqua group, please. Thanks!!
I usually start with a fabric I love and add to it...slowly! I love these combos...
Green/Orange/Yellow
Red/Aqua
Green/Blue
Brown/Blue
Surprise me!
For me, it's fabric first, design after. I love the red/aqua combination too!
I'm trying to start quilting,, currently I tend to make very little things.. the odd cushion etc, maybe a dolly with clothes but I really want to make a bedspread. with just a little fabric I tend to see what I've got and still find myself buying way more than i need!!
I'm defo a green/blue kinda gal!
I've only so far made two small baby quilts for my daughters, but I definitely picked the colors first. For the first, I went and stood in front of the overwhelming wall at Joann's. I actually even asked my husband to help me. But by the time the second daughter came around, I started with a piece I loved and built around it, feeling my way and choosing from several different stores. But I didn't use a pattern for either one, I just winged it. They were babies, after all. They didn't mind if it wasn't perfect.
My favorite colors at the moment are definitely red and aqua. I had red t-straps on with aqua socks today and I couldn't take my eyes off my feet.
Oooh I'm torn between the yellow/pink and the green/orange/yellow! I don't know that I really have a method to picking out my fabrics. If I find a piece I really love I try to build off of it and go from there!
oh blue/brown is my favourite at the moment!
Wow, this is very generous! I have only made 3 quilts, but so far I have used a technique I discovered and posted about. I create a digital mock up of the quilt first, which allows me to test the layout! here's the post where I explain how it's done: http://comeandseetheseitz.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/tutorial-how-to-make-a-digital-quilt-mock-up/
Favorite colorway: Red and Aqua (only because I don't have much of either of those in my stash!). Thanks!
Green and blue is a great color combo but so is red and aqua...decisions, decisions!
For the most part I buy cotton and then color...let my eyes do the walking, so to speak.
gosh...did my response not come thru???
Well, love green and blues...also red and aquas...decisions, decision!
I'd probably make a table cloth for the small front porch table where Dave and I have a glass of wine on nice evenings. We love to watch the life unfold down the valley - horses, sheep, cattle and dogs and cats playing in the pasture or yard.
for me, fabric comes first. i'm liking red/aqua at the moment.
green/yellow/ orange
as for a quilt I always let the fabric speak to me!
Red aqua sounds great. Thanks
I design my quilts on the computer so I test drive different colorways for my quilts. I use a really simple palette and then once I start making the quilt I settle on the shades, tints, & tones of the colors I use in my design.
Although, I have had a couple of quilts that the design is being settled by the fabric. I have a duck quilt in progress.
Ooh, for the colorways man its a hard choice. I would have to say either green/orange/yellow or green/blue, but red/aqua would be a lot of fun to try. I would have to say surprise me, please.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Thanks for doing this. I'm excited to look through more of your blog. I usually pick fabric first, typically from what I have.
I like Green/Orange/Yellow.
I pick out fabric first, I have a horrible time if I start out with a pattern in mind. In fact I've got a design in mind for yellow/orange fabric and I can't find much I like, do I'd love to win some of that. Thanks!
I love red/aqua colourway and usually will fall in love with a fabric and decide from there...
Hmmm, sometimes the design comes first then the color, sometimes the otherway around. It depends on the fabric and the pattern...does that make sense? As far as colors,...blue, green, pink,...I'm flexible. (^o^)
I can work either way - fabric first and then pattern or vice versa.
I would love the Red/aqua choice.
oh for me its the design that comes first. I am still trying to get a handle on matching fabrics asnd different colourways. I would love green/blue if I am lucky enough to win :)
I have only made one quilt (you can see the top finished here: http://molacoser.blogspot.com/2009/05/top.html), and although I knew what the design was going to be before I bought the fabric, I really chose it because of the color.
I think if I won I would like to go for the green/orange/yellow or the red/aqua... I can't choose, so YOU do! Oh, and based on the pictures of your quilts... I TOTALLY trust your taste in choosing the good stuff, as you say :-)
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Red an Aqua would be new for me, I would love to try it.
I usually start with one fabric that appeals to me and then search my stash and the store to find matching fabrics.
Thank you for including me in the draw!
I haven't made that many quilts (3?), but it's gone both ways. just like with the chicken and the egg - however you end up getting inspired works right?
I like brown/blue a lot. thank you!
Hi! I usually pick random fabrics that I like, then get a design and find some coordinating pieces. Right now I am really liking the red/aqua combo. Thanks!
Great giveaway. Thanks so much!I'm going to make a quilt for the first time, so no tips. I will probably just make with what I have.
I pick a pattern and then I go looking for fabric although I sometimes get way off track.
I've yet to make a quilt, so I'll tell you how I pick fabric for other things instead, hows that sound. When it comes to clothes, I think about what I plan on wearing what I'm making too and then chose fabric that would be appropriate for the occasion. For everyday clothes (especially skirts) I like bright and fun.
As far as colorways I've fallen in love with Red/Aqua lately, so that would be my choice I think.
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