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If you are a abecedarian I recommend:

Cotton – you can use Adornment affection if you adorned a contemporary or artist print

24-30 Fat 1/8 pieces (11″ x 18″) or 12-15 Fat Abode should be abundant for accepting started on the batt blocks themselves and accept yardage for the ambience triangles as able-bodied for the prints version. (A Band Cake (collection of 42 10″ squares) may be abundant for the blocks, but you will charge added bolt afterwards on for the ambience fabrics, sashing etc.

If you are traveling to use debris I would recommend: A array of 24 fat 1/8th pieces. (Three shades of red, three shades of orange, three shades of yellow, three shades of balmy blooming (limeish), three shades of air-conditioned green(mint, teal), three shades of aqua/turquoise, three shades of royal/denim/navy blue, three shades of purple). The shades of anniversary blush would accept to be light, medium, and aphotic with abundant adverse that if they are all acclimated in the aforementioned block, they would appearance up as audible shades.

I will allotment yardage requirements for finishing the batt as we get afterpiece to finishing the blocks. I’m alone afraid to pic fabrics for the sashing, borders, etc. until I alpha seeing the blocks!

Do not feel like you charge to use the fabrics listed above. If you’ve got stash, use it! If you wish to accept your own colors, do it! That’s the accomplished purpose of this fabric-choosing-post. Accomplish this batt your own. Use it to amplitude yourself, at whatever akin you’re at.

And a lot of of all, let it be fun – not stressful. Allotment bolt absolutely can be the such a fun allotment of authoritative a quilt. Don’t become too afraid about rules, or collections, or – let it be an announcement of your own personality.

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