Oriana Quilt

 Last week an email came from a local quilt shop

listing a class for a quilt I have wanted to make for some time.

I was available both Saturdays for the class,

so I signed up to take it.

Off to the quilt shop I went to choose the fabrics for this quilt.

This past Saturday was the first class and, while

I usually don't need a class to make a quilt,

the instructions for this quilt were vague

and confusing to me.

Little did I know that would be the least of my problems!!

The class is for the Oriana Quilt by Allison Glass.

I just love this quilt and have seen it made with several different

fabric selections.

I didn't know what color palette I wanted to use

and told myself it would NOT be turquoise!

The rainbow quilt really spoke to me,

so I started picking out fabrics.

That was the easy part!

The first step of the quilt is to make strip sets with

six fabrics each.

Wow!

This was very challenging!

Where do I want the various colors?

What colors should I place together?

Do I want each strip set to be a different blend of colors

or all the same color?

Finally, this is what I ended up with for my strip sets.

This is my starting point, at least.

I normally don't have an issue with choosing fabrics

and placement, but this is hard for me!

We shall see where it ends up.

 

 

This will be my background fabric... all the background pieces will be the same.

Wish me luck!!

Happy Quilting!