Sunday, December 29, 2013

and then fade to black

I have a confession to make right now.


I am a Carolyn Friedlander fan girl. If she touches it, I will probably like it.



She is super sweet and awesome (I met her this fall). I sort of wish we were friends. I even got her to sign a block for the back of my Botanics quilt.


When buzz about her new line Botanics started making its way around the inter webs I knew I would like it. Some people call this a line of "blenders" but I sort of hate that term. I see this as a line of dynamic prints with great hue saturation (probably not saying that right).



This is the kind of fabric line that makes my life easy. I like to work with colors, I am not necessarily attracted to prints in my quilting. I tend to buy fancy multi-colored prints and then never use them. These single color prints are the types of fabrics I will use.

Also there are metallics and I like shiny things. This is metallics done right y'all.



I bought a charm pack of Botanics from someone on Instagram (check me out @stitchingandbaon) right after quilt market. As soon as I spread out the charms I saw the saturation spectrum and my orderly instincts felt the need to sort! Sort all of the things!

So I went from there, working with what I had…. which happened to include a couple of charm packs of Bella bleached white.



Then I added the negative space and here we are.



I heart you Carolyn Friedlander. Keep doing what you are doing. That is all.



I stamped my label onto the back of this quilt before quilting. This means I did not have to hand stitch a label anywhere. What do you think of this? Keep it going? Crazy sauce? Ambivalence?



Love you friends! Hope you had a Merry Christmas and are ready for an epic New Year.

Quilt Stats:
Name: Fade to Black
Size: 58" x 68"
Fabrics: All of the Botanics line, made by Robert Kaufman and designed by Carolyn Friendlander, Moda Solids Bleached White, and some Kate Spain (couldn't tell you the line name)
Pattern: My own (using the stitch and flip triangle technique)
Finished: December 2013
Quilting: Spiral from the center using Aurifil thread
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16 comments:

  1. LisaDecember 29, 2013 at 8:16 PM

    Looove Botanics - wished for and received a bundle from Santa! Cannot wait to start using it - I totally agree with you, I find that her tone on tone/no wild many-coloured-prints is my style too. I like colour, just not necessarily all in one fabric. As for the stamping - yes!

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  2. EmDecember 30, 2013 at 4:02 AM

    I like your stamp. And your quilt.

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  3. SarahZDecember 30, 2013 at 5:13 AM

    Very very cool quilt! I love all your stamps! The right font, the right feel...in my opinion

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  4. Susan at TheBoredZombie.comDecember 30, 2013 at 5:25 AM

    Nice! The spiral is impressive. :)

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  5. Becky (My Fabric Obsession)December 30, 2013 at 7:10 AM

    Oh awesomeness! I love all of it! The fabrics are fantastic, the design is so clever. And the stamping is REALLY cool. How did you do that? You have letter stamps I'm guessing?

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  6. Michelle@factotum-of-arts.comDecember 30, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    I am a huge fan too. I love the botanics line - I can't bring myself to use and I already know that I will be buying more :-). Her classes are great too. I loved the tree paper piecing class she did at Thimble pleasures. I was so pleased that she was teaching in Nashville Sew Down.

    Great quilt....huge fan of this quilt too :-). I can not believe how you churn these out. You can come to my house any time you are bored - I have plenty of work to share ;-)

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  7. UnknownDecember 30, 2013 at 5:02 PM

    Another fabulous quilt, Sarah! I love the colors and fabrics...completely different from my usual choices, but one of these days, I'll try your way! The quilting is way cool. And I like the stamped label...very you.

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  8. DaisyLizDecember 30, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    Beautiful quilt! The negative space fits well with those bits o' Botanics. And I vote 'yes' for the stamp. Does it wash well? It looks really good!

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  9. XandiDecember 31, 2013 at 6:04 AM

    Really, really great. So original and calm and beautiful. Did you quilt free motion or with your walking foot?

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  10. Newbie JenDecember 31, 2013 at 5:45 PM

    Great quilt. I like the stamping idea.

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  11. carolynJanuary 3, 2014 at 9:06 AM

    I love how this turned out! Keep up the awesomeness! BTW, we are definitely friends! :)

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    1. stitchingandbaconJanuary 20, 2014 at 4:29 PM

      Thanks Carolyn! I appreciate the love and you should keep up the awesomeness too.

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  12. teaginnyJanuary 3, 2014 at 3:18 PM

    One of my favorite quilts of 2013! Perfection!

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  13. www.randomthoughtsdoordi.comJanuary 13, 2014 at 7:18 AM

    I love this

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  14. Ashley @ WasntQuiltInADayApril 18, 2014 at 8:16 PM

    love this quilt... and i need to know more about how you stamped your label. that is genius!

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