Blissful decisions
My absolute favourite fabric in recent years has been Bliss by Bonnie and Camille. I’ve used it to make cosmetic bags, but haven’t quite jumped in to start a quilt with it. The problem has always been that I love it SO much that I can’t contemplate either making something with it and screwing it up, or actually finding at the end of a project that I’ve used it all up and THERE IS NO MORE!
I’m hard pushed to say why I love it so much. I mean there are so many fabric lines on the market, but for me Bliss just knocks the socks off the rest. Left to my own devices I would never put turquoise and olive green together or with red, but they just work so well. Maybe it’s that little bit of unpredictability that just gives it a zing! I’m looking forward to Bonnie and Camille’s newest line Ruby coming out in the autumn, but my heart tells me that it just won’t be quite as good. The pinnacle has been reached. Bliss is the best.
I’ve got a whole pile of projects that I should be working on, but this afternoon I finally decided to take all the Bliss out of the cupboard and see if I can make some progress in choosing a pattern to make with it. I actually surprised myself. I hadn’t realized that I had quite as much as I do. Two quilts worth at least, I would guess. How great is that? I had been looking longingly at more fabric on ebay, having somehow forgotten that I had a whole pile of fat quarters sitting at the back of the cupboard. No idea how that happened.
So, tell me my friends. What did you do with your Bliss? Did you opt for simple and striking or complicated and challenging. What works best with this fabric line? I’m tending towards something simple – maybe with a good lot of flying geese and stars – always my favourite patterns. Initially I had thought I would make something from Monique Dillard’s wonderful new book Fat Quarter Winners – but the quilts there look like they will work best with monochromatic fabrics. So I’m still looking for inspiration.
I’m planning a happy evening on the floor surrounded by quilt books and patterns. Whatever I choose, it has to be good!
Happy stitching!
Helen
June 7th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
I love it! Don’t have any of this line. It looks very cool and summery. Would make a wonderful picnic quilt or table cloth or baby quilt.
June 7th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
I absolutely agree about Bliss, but I’m at loss what to do with it. I somehow still wait for the the extra special idea or pattern. So far I’m drawing a blank! Let me know what you come up with.
June 7th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
I have 2 Bliss milk bars (half a charm pack each) which I got in a set and have no idea what to do with as I don’t have any co-ordinating yardage to finish anything even if I did manage to make it.
Although I loved Bliss, I loved Breakfast At Tiffany’s (which came out at the same time) a smidge more and couldn’t justify the cost of buying yardage for both 🙁 However I can tell I am going to be sorely tempted by Ruby…
Let me know if you need the milk bars to add to one of your quilts and I will post them to you! Otherwise I think I will end up eBaying them.
June 7th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
I love Bliss…and have made 3 quilts for my home with it…two lap size and one smaller quilt that hangs in my sewing room! I still have more fabric…and think I will save the rest to combine with Ruby. Ruby is a “softer, gentler” Bliss that is more modern and I think more “sewable.” I love the idea in the first comment about a picnic quilt!
June 8th, 2011 at 7:29 am
I love Bliss too but never got around to indulcing myself (silly me). I used it in conjunction with other quilts so little bits pop up here and there. If you can’t decide what to do with yours then pop it in the post – I’ll have a play. ;-))