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elizabeth_mnI've been itching to start a new quilt. I've been drawn to simple, modern styles lately and wanted to do something like this one from Oh Fransson! or this cute squares quilt. I like the simple squares and the use of white with brights.
A while ago I got a precut bundle of 10" squares from Amy Butler and I already had a bunch of her Gypsy Caravan collection in the stash, so I thought I would do an all-Amy Butler quilt.
About Amy Butler. Coworkers and I have an immediate eyeroll about Amy Butler now. She has such a weird cult following. For awhile Etsy even had an "Amy Butler" category, though they featured no other specific designers. And her fans tend to be strangely single-minded. People will walk into the store, ask for Amy Butler fabric, look and what we've got from her, and leave without seeing anything else. Even when we kindly offer to show them fabrics from other great designers - Joel Dewberry, Anna Maria Horner, Heather Ross, Alexander Henry, Tula Pink - they politely decline. It is Amy or nothing.
This is so weird. I like her designs a lot, too! But there are so many exciting fabric designers out there doing cool stuff. I just can't understand being more attached to a name than what it actually looks like.
Anyway, onto the quilt! The squares were just shy of 10" (faulty labeling!) so I cut my Gypsy Caravan pieces to 9 7/8" squares, and I am setting each square into a 2 1/4" border of solid cotton coordinate. Then all the blocks will be set into white sashing. There are 36 blocks, set 6x6 to finish at about 96"x96". I will probably machine-quilt it myself.
The damask and florals are just classic Amy. I love these!
A while ago I got a precut bundle of 10" squares from Amy Butler and I already had a bunch of her Gypsy Caravan collection in the stash, so I thought I would do an all-Amy Butler quilt.
About Amy Butler. Coworkers and I have an immediate eyeroll about Amy Butler now. She has such a weird cult following. For awhile Etsy even had an "Amy Butler" category, though they featured no other specific designers. And her fans tend to be strangely single-minded. People will walk into the store, ask for Amy Butler fabric, look and what we've got from her, and leave without seeing anything else. Even when we kindly offer to show them fabrics from other great designers - Joel Dewberry, Anna Maria Horner, Heather Ross, Alexander Henry, Tula Pink - they politely decline. It is Amy or nothing.
This is so weird. I like her designs a lot, too! But there are so many exciting fabric designers out there doing cool stuff. I just can't understand being more attached to a name than what it actually looks like.
Anyway, onto the quilt! The squares were just shy of 10" (faulty labeling!) so I cut my Gypsy Caravan pieces to 9 7/8" squares, and I am setting each square into a 2 1/4" border of solid cotton coordinate. Then all the blocks will be set into white sashing. There are 36 blocks, set 6x6 to finish at about 96"x96". I will probably machine-quilt it myself.
The damask and florals are just classic Amy. I love these!
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Date: 2014-07-09 01:16 am (UTC)It must be nice to have so many devotees-- I don't get it, either-- but good for her!
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