Earlier I shared our first Barrett sample - the Scrappy Green one and this week I am sharing our second sample - the Scrappy Peach one! And if you are just catching up, be sure to read our intro blogpost all about our newest pattern - the Barrett Quilt.
The Barrett Quilt Pattern has two distinct design options - the Two Color and the Five Color. While those sound very direct and obvious, you actually get to decide what materials you want to use in each "color". So for our Scrappy Peach Barrett, I decided to do a mix of yardage and scraps in the Five Color option.
So for this sample, I decided Fabric A would be a soft creamy white yardage. Fabric B would be scraps in peach tones. Fabric C would be scraps in a lighter blue tone. Fabric D would be yardage in a very pale pink and Fabric E would be yardage in a creamy marbled metallic fabric.
Here is the mock up I made to get the overall color family vibes I wanted.
Because our first sample was on the bolder side, and very scrappy, I wanted to play with a very low contrast, subtle and soft palette. I tend to go towards brighter or moody palettes but this felt like a breathe of fresh air. It was a very soothing quilt to create. Also, I have a lot of peaches and blush tones in my stash so it worked out wonderfully!
And here is how it's divided above. Fabric D + E are on the far left, the middle is Fabric C and Fabric A + B is the right stack. Remember fabric A is a solid creamy white fabric (very top of the stack).
I was so eager to start working on this quilt that I only snapped this two photos. That's when you know the project will be good! You forget you're suppose to be documenting it for work. Woops.
Before I jumped into the snowball units, I was able to slow my roll and photograph the fabrics!
Snowballs blocks are some of my favorite to make because it is a chain piecing dream.
And just like that, these are done! When sewing scrappy for Barrett, I just picked whatever Fabric B square spoke to me. I made sure no squares repeated in one block but otherwise just went with the flow.
My next batch sewing session included Fabris C + D to make the flying geese!
Once all the units were finished and trimmed, it was time to lay them out on the wall and sew them all together. As a reminder, you sew this quilt together from the inside out.
When sewing scrappy with either part of the flying geese - Fabric C of Fabric D - I like to wait until the inside of the Barrett quilt is assembled to decide the flying geese placement. I didn't grab a photo but I ended up putting this part of the quilt back on the design wall and then laid out my flying geese up on the wall too. This allows me to move them around and make sure I like the spacing before sewing it all together.
This quilt turned out so soft and breezy. The marbled metallic fabric for the border is the perfect addition to finish the top.
And here she is all together as a top!
It took me awhile to decide what fabric I wanted to back this quilt in but I thought it would be fun to do a floral print that has some of the same peachy/pink colors as the front. And this fabric would give the quilt a little more visual weight in the end.
I sent this off to Ashley of Hen House Quilting and we choose a soft pink thread and the pantograph is called Beaded Petal. I've used it only one other time so far - my Sunflower Star Adventure Quilt.
I then bound it in a dusty light pink print with soft cream little x's from Andover fabrics. It's just so good. And the texture adds a bit more depth to a softer palette.
I love all the dainty florals, the tiny little faces, solids and geometric prints in this quilt. I made sure no fabric was "too" bold to take away from the more monotone palette but the variety does give it such a sparkle.
And there we have it! Our Scrappy Peach Barrett Quilt! She is a beauty right?
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