This “square-in-square” quilt featuring fabric from the Kaffe Fassett Collective is coming along nicely. Here’s the untrimmed quilt sandwich. The pink fabric folded at the top will be the binding. I’m really happy with the quilt backing (at the lower right) which I found at my local quilt shop. I’ll trim up and square the quilt, then cut and apply the binding.

I’m taking an online class titled “Color Theory for Quilters” presented by The Quilt Show. I’ve never explored color theory (no reason to do so in my former life) and so far the class is interesting, but I’ve no idea yet how to apply it to my quilting life. I bought the starter kit which includes the feature fabric (teal floral at the top left) + a number of fat quarters (these usually measure 18” x 22”).

Our instructor asked us to do a fabric pull with additional colors. Since all of the fabric in the kit is patterned I thought solids would be the way to go. Here’s my first take on fabrics to create the quilt blocks. You might notice that I’ve used the pink fabric from the Square-in-Square quilt above plus red from my stash. Once she announces the blocks she’s like us to make, I might change my mind. . . we’ll see