It is 59" x 79" and has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. All of the fabrics, front, back, and binding are from e Bond's fabric lines (I believe there are 3 lines: Glyphs, Ravel, and Root).
Then I went to the basement and trimmed the quilt from a free pattern called Spa Quads and made with 3 lines of e Bond's fabrics. I chose the black print for the binding because it is one I didn't use in the quilt top. I am planning on doing this binding all by machine.
In the afternoon I started ironing all of the Laurel Burch fabrics. Now I can start cutting them into fabric packs for a destash sale. Saturday I had sorted through all of them and pulled everything smaller than a half yard and put them in my pile to keep. I will have to have at least a half yard if I'm going to cut fat quarters.
This year they were labeled Cool and Hot. This photo is most of the ones in the cool pack. There were a couple I might have to have more of.
Pink trends (from yesterday's post) were discussed in a few of the comments yesterday and in emails. One mentioned it was Mamie Eisenhower's favorite color and I had forgotten that. In the 1950s my grandma talked my grandpa into pink wool carpeting for their living room and my mother painted our kitchen pink. My 1953 house has pink ceramic tile in the bathroom. Someone mentioned a revival of the pink/gray, maybe in the 1980s. I'm not sure what year but I do remember that. Now the pink is all Barbie pink after the movie came out. For all of us who love pink we don't need to wait for a reason to use it.
The combination of pink and gray immediately reminded me of the pink/gray trend in 1956. The guys dressed in gray wool suits with pink dress shirts for all dress up occasions. It was also the time of the pink felt circle skirts with a gray poodle on them, commonly just called the poodle skirt.
This week is the Sandwich Fair (DeKalb County fair) and the weather is cooperating nicely. Today is supposed to only be mid 60s after 80s yesterday and I think a lot of people will enjoy the cool down.
