Today I wanted to share with you my third BitterSweet Bundle – for Contemporary Cloth – Fractured Time. This one is available for purchase and I am very excited about it. I began to realize just yesterday that my bundles are a little different than what most people out there in the quilting blogging community are putting together. I am not doing gradations of color, I am not sticking to any kind of theme or even any particular designer/manufacturer. I am trying to push the envelope and show you different combinations that you may have never thought of or considered before. With each bundle I create I like to start with a main focus fabric, in this case it is the Hay Wire Blue by Alexander Henry. As I started to pull colors and fabrics from it I discovered the Hay Wire Yellow also by Alexander Henry and realized that – Hello! It was the perfect compliment.
All of these fabrics are available separately for purchase at Contemporary Cloth AND they are also available as a bundle for your sewing enjoyment. Now on my last bundle, Broken Time, there were a couple of questions like what would you do with such a different assortment of colors and prints. Well this time I designed a little mini-quilt/wall hanging for the bundle.
I’m calling this Checkered Stars – because it makes me think of a checkerboard but I also see stars in the design. (Note: Keep in mind that EQ7 does change the scale of the print when you are doing mock-ups.) Just a little something fun to help you visualize what this cool little bundle could do. If you like this…let me know and I can whip it up and do a tutorial. You may be looking at this and saying to yourself “You didn’t use every fabric…” You would be right. When I buy a fat quarter bundle it is for 2 reasons – to build my stash and for specific projects. Half the time I split up the bundles I buy. I do have the oranges pulled into the mock up on a different image:
I think both work nicely and these are color combos you don’t see often but that do work well.
I hope you like thew new bundle, I would love to hear what you think of both the bundle and the new design. I am thinking of using it for a doll quilt I will be making for my Sewing Buddy’s daughter (we are doing a swap!).
Love the bundles together as shown. Will make a nice little quilt.
Very interesting fabric bundle. I am never that creative and always end up with something boring. 🙁
Your quilt blocks look great! Both look good, but I’m partial to the orange accents. Thanks for sharing with us.
Beautiful bundles Melissa and great fabric choices!
Love how these fabrics play together…you are teaching me lots of good stuff here! LOL
Love this combination, and the bird fabric added in is just spice for the mix! I think with the oranges, I want orange somewhere else, too, maybe next to the center square in each block? Or maybe the other orange that’s more brown? I love the design, and the fabrics! Thanks for broadening my mind. =)
Very nice!!!
Love this and would enjoy a tutorial. I think this is a perfect way to use some of those fat quarters I have in my stash. Thank you!
A fun different twist. I really like the second example shown
Love this bundle!!!
Personally I like a little unexpected pop in a bundle. Too often commercial bundles tend toward bland rather than exciting.
I keep going back and forth and have decided that the color combo for the first Checkered Stars gets my vote. I am totally inspired by you and would like to take you on on your tutorial. Thank you so much.
Sandi T.
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Love this combo!
i like it
especially love the haywire fabrics. they go so well with solids and the hand dyes that i enjoy dyeing.