One of the January classes on Creativebug was a Ribbon Quilt taught by Sarah Bond.

I was hoping to use my bag of scraps for this project, but the scrap bag turned out to be very scrappy and mostly prints. So I turned to my bin of solids and found lots of options. Because of the sampler quilts I’ve made in the past 2 years, I have lots of solids with a 2 or 3 inch divot cut out of one side of new yardage. That chopped up yardage is a perfect starting point for this quilt.

I pulled a stack of pinks on the peachy side, pinks on the bluer side, blues, yellows, greens, greys and lavender and started cutting cutting narrow strips of fabric.

I also pulled a couple black and white fabrics with stripes and geometric designs but needed to buy a half yard of strong black and white stripes. That fabric is the Mini Awning Stripe KimBell Basics Classic fabric from Maywood Studio. It’s a perfect choice for black and white strips.

I really don’t have a plan for this quilt. I’m not sure how I’ll use the colors I picked or if I’ll choose more. And I haven’t decided if this will be a wall hanging or a bigger quilt. It’s boldly bright so I am thinking more about just keeping it small. Maybe something to hang in a hallway to brighten it up during the winter! In the meantime, it’s just fun sewing.