At our last guild meeting, we heard a program from Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis.
She is an engaging speaker, and I came away with numerous ideas for new designs or ways to reinterpret existing ones.
One of her statements was this….
“THROW OUT THE HERO!”
Honestly, we all looked at her with puzzled expressions, but then she explained.
As a way to pick fabrics for a project, we often pick a focus fabric, also called a “HERO fabric”.
As an example, I picked out this “Moda” fabric to be my “Hero”…
I carried it to my overstuffed shelves and spent an enjoyable 15 minutes, searching for fabrics that would match the colors in this bold print…..
These are what I came up with…..
Or, to look at it differently……
I think that we can all agree that making a quilt with those fabrics and using the Hero print as a border would make a stunning quilt.
But, now comes the kicker…..
THROW OUT THE HERO……
What do you think?
Would the quilt be just as nice (or maybe even nicer) without the bold print?
I will never make this quilt, but it was a FUN exercise that I intend to repeat!!
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Maybe use your hero as a boarder and add it to the backing?? Problem solved especially if it’s for a charity quilt.
It was truly a fun exercise to pick out the fabrics and then throw out the inspiration!!
I think a quit of these fabrics would be lovely. I’ll have to keep this exercise in mind. I love bold prints so there are quite a few in my stash.
I found the exercise to be so much fun. I had a great time picking out the fabrics from my stash and then equal fun deciding to THROW OUT the hero!!
I love your hero. I think it depends on how you would use it. If you were using large areas of it, like 6- or 8-inch squares, and the other fabrics were sashing and cornerstones and secondary blocks, it could be very cohesive. I think using that fabric in small pieces on the quilt would lessen its impact–it’s a powerful fabric! And your other fabrics look so good with it.