2011 Mystery Quilt Class --  I.S.N. (Interfaith Shelter Network) Benefit

Welcome Quilters !

It is time to get ready for this year’s charity mystery quilt class. 

The dates are Friday, March 11 or Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 8:30AM to 8:30PM.

Here are the fabric amounts and the descriptions of the fabrics I used to get you started.

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Background – Fabric #1 - Fabric #2 - Fabric #3 -  Fabric #4 - Fabric #5 - Fabric #6 - Fabric #7 - Fabric #8

    Lightest          Light        Med Light  Light Med   Medium     Medium   Dark Med   Med Dark    Dark

Pick a focus fabric.  This fabric should have movement and play.  There needs to be very little space between the motifs/pattern.  You will not want to cut strips that only show background.  It can have a couple of colors that you will be able to pull out.   This will be a medium value and be Fabric #4 or Fabric #5 in your run of 8 fabrics from light to dark.  You will be cutting small strips and large border strips with this fabric.  You should like it both small and large.

The background will be the lightest fabric that you use.  It should be something with little or no pattern.  It could be a solid or it could be a slightly marbled fabric.  It will be a base for showing off the other fabrics.  If you find it too plain later, you will be able to enhance with quilting.  Plain is the key.

Fabrics #1 through Fabric #8 are going to graduate from light to dark.  There should be a nice easy progression of value change.  These fabrics should also vary in texture as it moves along.  Don’t put 2 Fusions right next to each other but you could use 2.  Stripes are okay if they are cut so that they go across the strips instead of length of strip.  These fabrics are going to be cut into 1 ½” strips.  You will not see a whole lot of the pattern, but just get a sense of texture.  I pulled out lots of fabrics from my stash.  I had some in the same value and color and then would audition them.  I would choose based on what went next to it.  Your focus fabric will move from position #4 or #5 depending on the fabrics you choose to go with it.  I suggest you pull one color group on the light side and another color group on the dark side.  Fabrics that have a hint of the other color group are great.  They help you transition.  This will be lots of fun.

You will need to pick one more fabric.  This is a medium accent fabric.  I ended up using one of the fabrics that didn’t quite make the final cut of 8 fabrics but was a close runner up.  This fabric will be in one of the color families that is in your group of 8 or perhaps you might want to bring in the unexpected with the complimentary color.   You might want to bring a couple along and choose in the class. 

Fabric Amounts: