Plum Millie - the Plan

I didn't think I did much sewing last month.  I thought I got burnt out when speed-making Positivity Crayons.  But when checking my records, I see I finished that quilt in mid-August and since then I made 

• a tablet carrying case
• a cover for my reading chair
• an ironing board cover
• a cushion for a vintage vanity stool

As soon as I finished that cushion last week, I decided it was time for a fall re-do in my sewing room.  Out went the stool and vanity and almost everything that was pink.  It's not that I'm fickle - after all, that fabric and trim were laid out on the stool all summer long, so I had many months of looking at it as if it were done.

I was looking for fresh inspiration, and this vintage tray was it.  Funny thing is that when I bought this tray several summers ago at a county flea market, the vendor was also selling vintage fabric that coordinated perfectly.  I don't like buying old fabric, so I passed, much to the disappointment of the vendor.

So here's my current project  - another version of this quilt.  My first version, Wild Millie, is still in my sewing room, covering a chair.  As part of the re-do, I flipped it over to show the side with all the inserted strips.  All summer long, I was looking at the back side.

A group of us from my quilt guild are getting together later this month to make this.  This time I hope to have all the blocks made ahead of time, so that I can spend our retreat time doing the quilting.

For my new version, all the blocks will have the same background fabric - the rich purple that you see in the upper right.  That's why I'm calling this one Plum Millie.

For the insert strips, I'm going to piece these scraps and see how far they'll take me.  These are the only scraps in pink, yellow, orange, and purple that I like.  I might have to seriously evaluate the rest of my scraps and see how many of them I want to keep.  The drawers are getting full, and why keep fabric I don't want?

If I don't have enough "good" scraps, then I have some yardage in these colors that will work well.

 

To keep the color scheme going, I picked up a few blooming plants to sit on the end of my work table.

Now, on to quilt making!