Throw out the Hero!!

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!!