Marti's Team Teal Quilting Bee part 2.

Well hello again and welcome to a second post all about the project to make a quilt in memory of Marti. I have had several emails already, thank you all for your support. Some people are worried that they have not sewn before. My response is Don't Panic! If you don't have a machine then you can hand sew the pieces or else, if you want to design a square and send me the fabric swatches and design I will sew them for you.

Anyway today I went to one of my local sewing and material shops Millie Moon. I know the owners quite well now as I often buy fat quarters, thread, felt, buttons and all manner of other important sewing stuff from them. And as regular readers of this blog know, I have been to a couple of their classes as well.
Well, there I am trying to match some teal ribbon with some material and we find a beautiful Moda fabric called Vintage Modern. And here is the key Team Teal fabric I have chosen for us all................

 I liked this one as although it has the key teal colouring, it also has other shades of blue and the design is classic but modern. I hope you all approve.
The next thing I know, I am being given 4 fat quarters from other fabrics in the range because the owner feels our project is so wonderful So I now also have these 3 fabrics we can utilise as well...............

I loved the vibrancy of colour in this fabric piece and the white flowers remind me of large daisies, more on that later.

I love the use of darker teal for the leaves here..............

What's more, we can buy other fabric if we wish for our project at a discounted rate! So a HUGE thank you to the girls at Millie Moon.

Here are those fabrics and others in the same range made into a wonderful quilt. Now this is simple but effective.

One of the ladies joining the project is Fiona from Staring at the sea and she reminded me in her email about a number of blog posts she wrote earlier this year about her new found passion for quilting. If you would like a read and to get some ideas on what you could do then here is the link to all her quilting posts. And I have also made a Pinterest board here

Finally for today here is a conversation Deb and I had on facebook last night.............

Deb:  What a lovely idea, Jo, and so wonderful for me to read as we travel back home today. Of course I would love to be involved! Thanks so much for your continued support and ongoing efforts to spread awareness of ovarian cancer. xo

Me: What were Marti's fave colours and then I could give those as ideas to peeps? xxx Safe trip home 

Deb: She loved blue and yellow together. Also loved strawberries and daisies. Once I'm home I will share your post with my friends and family as well.

So a few more ideas to help with choices of colour and images. Hope to hear from you soon and thank you again for your interest in Marti's quilt. xxx