World Tour …….
Once again I get to play with David Butler‘s newest line for Free Spirit. This one is called World Tour, and yup…it’s his best yet!
The first thing that I noticed and absolutely love in this mix is the printed linen!! First, it is just a bit thicker than the regular quilting cotton, but much more “substantial”. And the drape and hand of this linen is just incredible! It is perfect for bags and lightweight jackets, etc. I am thinking about getting a vest made out of it, but not sure if I will have time before Market which is when I want it for.
Each print is named after places around the globe, from Fiji to Canterbury to Osaka to Kashmir and they go great with his past lines. I am sure they will also play well with others even though I haven’t had much of a chance to do that yet.
The quilt that I am making for Market is David’s design, and you are going to love it! I am not allowed to show the full thing here yet, you are just seeing pieces of it today……… I will post a photo of it here while I am at Market. It is great for those guys in your life! Very Dude-sanctioned!!
But I did have scraps, and you know how I can’t throw out any scraps! So I have been playing with this “planned” improv piece tonight while the World Tour quilt is at the quilter’s, and I am waiting for the other fabrics for three other Quilt Market projects to get here.
Not sure where this is going, but this is where it is starting from. I am thinking more and more that this one is going to be named Reykjavik. I added some hot pink solid I had floating around, and I have some Curious Nature prints in mind as well as this red/burgundy Ombre from my stash by Blank Quilting
I have similar plans to do this with some Glimma from Windham fabrics that have been here in the studio for awhile that I have been wanting to feature…..and actually I had drawn up this idea for Glimma first…..but I had all these half-square triangles and skinny strips from fussy-cutting…..and well, a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do….. 🙂
jessie aller
I just love seeing works in progress, especially when improvising.
Thanks for sharing these inspiring pics! And I can’t wait to get my hands on some of that linen!
Pamela S
Lookin good! Would love to see these beautiful fabrics in person and look forward to the finished quilt ~ BTW your idea about a vest is awesome!