Why Am I Making This Quilt?

What do you do to pull together an assortment of disparate fabrics to make it a cohesive quilt?

Why — add a fabric that will pull them all together:

Decide what quilt pattern you’re going to make with these loverly fabrics:

(This quilt is courtesy of Pinterest. I apologize to the maker for not knowing her/his name, as I would like to credit them for this wonderful quilt. Please make sure that you know who the maker is when you pin something great. My quilts that are on Pinterest? Not one of them has my name on them, as the designer, maker, nothing.)

Here’s my first block:

Pretty good so far. They are 10 1/2″ blocks, which I will sash. It will make a 25 block, 5×5 quilt.

These fabrics have been hiding out in a white garbage can liner for the last five years.

Why am I making this quilt now ? The answer will become clear soon. I need to find some pictures that I’m hoping didn’t go south with a busted hard drive. 12,000+ pictures became thumbnails (trying not to cry again).

What would you do with fabrics like this? Tell me below. (P.S. There is not an option to just chuck them all ; )

 

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