Color does not add a pleasant quality to design – it reinforces it.

Pierre Bonnard

Last year, a friend arranged for three of us to have our own quilt retreat in Fayetteville, Texas. All along the way to our destination, we visited and shopped for fabric in the small towns. Holly Dee Quilts is a shop in Luling, Texas, owned by Denise Green. Her shop had a big selection of Marcia Derse fabric. I previously had purchased yardage of Derse’s Art History fabric and tucked it away until I could think of what I wanted to do with it. Denise had a curved log cabin quilt pattern made from Derse fabric on display. I loaded up on fat quarters, and went above my quilt retreat budget before I even got to a Fayetteville. The fabric came with the pattern for the log cabin quilt.
The fabric was so beautiful, that I hesitated to start a project with it. I thought the log cabin was too traditional for the fabric. Since I had no clear plan, the fabric was placed in a bin.
Recently, I was very interested in a quilt pattern that Mary posted on her blog. She had two beautiful finishes, using Kaffe Fassett, and a pattern by Free Spirit Fabrics, Carnival of Colors Pattern . This pattern is perfect for the Derse fabric. I followed the instructions for piecing the fabric, but I did not follow any sort of plan for placement of color or design. It was such a fun week, playing with the colors and designs of the fabric.
P.S.
Mary, thanks for sharing your two beautiful quilts and this pattern.