It’s a hard color to find. Most shop owners overlook it. Or carry just a few. And when I find it I usually buy it as most times it is a print I hadn’t seen in a shop prior. I know the fabric manufacturers do make it. I spend hours looking at fabric company swatch pages.
I love gray. It can really pump up the softest of pastels and tone down the most outrageous of oranges.
So I went back to my stash and pulled out my black/gray bin and set off to make another colorway/style option for the previous Dresden Plate idea.
Ta-Da. SPARKLE Pieced Hexie in the center!
Please ignore the basting stitches. Yesterday I had one of the “glitch days” in life where nothing was gelling. But I got the rosette done and wanted to share.
This really sings to me.
So I made a quick mock up of the block in a quilt setting.
Oh couldn’t you just picture this with a wide dusty purple-gray border and some lovely applique.
…or maybe some more Pieced Hexies around the edges.
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2 comments:
Grey is a great neutral! And hard to find the just right grey sometimes, so I like to buy it also!
I've also noticed that a good gray is hard to find - I think I currently only have 2. I love the hexies on the dresdens and really like the purple border with hexie idea :)
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