William Morris and I have a new collection of his designs for Moda.
We've been following the trends.
Ebony Suite:
The Best of Morris
"Best" means our favorites.
We're having a Give-Away this week. I'll send a Jelly Roll of Ebony Suite fabric to
the random winner when I get back from the American Quilt Study Group seminar next week.
Give-Away Rules 1. One entry per person.
2. Delivery in U.S. only (Sorry!)
3. Comment before midnight October 1, 2023 (Central US Time Zone)
4. Tell us what you think about gray as the interior color of the year.
5. Be sure I have some way to email you.
6. I'll announce winner here next week and email you.
7. I'll take down all the comments next week.
Now, interior decorating fashions come and go but we want you to know we are absolutely on top of it here. Some thoughts on interior design trends:
Butterfly chair of the '60s
As you can see, we study the media and we are glad to see that flowing Morris design is the thing after a few years of angular moderne.
Ebony Suites is riding the crest of three design waves:
1) William Morris revival
2) Wallpaper as interior design
3) Gray as interior palette
Designer Laura Hunter with Morris wallpaper
Wallpaper!
What goes better with your Morris wallpaper
than Morris accessories and quilts?
And we have noticed that the color of the year is
GRAY!
As you might guess Ebony Suite is William Morris prints
in shades of gray from charcoal to taupe.
The solids that go with the line.
Gray---the height of cool
Project Idea
"It's certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat."
William Butler Yeats
Here's a simple idea for a stack of Layer Cakes, cut to 10"
and finishing to 9-1/2" blocks. Plus your scraps of bright solids
cut to 1-1/2" wide.
Applique strips finishing to 1" in the center
Applique?!!
If you want the background to flow across the block
you could try to piece strips cut from two 10" squares...but
Applique is easier.
And since you are appliqueing you could
just sew rather rectangular strips onto the squares for a truly Crazy Salad.
We'll have plenty of ideas for projects and quilts in the next few months.