Choosing Background Fabrics for the Liberated Churn Dash Quilt

It's time to start my Inventory Quilt! I'm excited to be making another Liberated Churn Dash quilt.

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What's an Inventory Quilt

My original quilt (seen above) is very modern looking, not just because of the churn dashes but the white  background. That was a challenge for me, believe it or not! I don't do white usually - and this time around I'm going in a completely different direction.

My background fabric is going to be different behind each churn. Well, almost all will be different as four of them will be solid red! Yep, red. I couldn't bring myself to make the background entirely red, and I also didn't have enough yardage on hand.

I decided to use what I have on hand. My inventory quilt is a snapshot of what I have on hand - what I've been collecting/keeping for the last ten years - and so I got creative with my background choices.

One of the large churn dashes will have a background of the tie dye fabric in the photo above. I actually won this fabric from Vicki Welsh a loooong time ago! Happy to finally have a home for it.

I've taken photos of all of my background fabrics after I measured to find enough yardage. I'll share them as I make the churn dashes. I did make a photo collage to give myself an idea of what the background will look like. I already see where I will move the finished blocks around, but for now, here's a peek at my background choices.

Pretty bold, right! The reds are all the same reds they just didn't photograph that way. I will move some around so the busy prints don't blur into each other :) But I feel confident that my choices will work. And with my background fabrics dark I will have fun with my bright fabrics for the churn dashes.

Your Job today

⛋Decide on your background fabric:

one solid or one print
two fabrics
a combination

⛋Wash and iron if required

⛋Photograph if desired (my kitten Sadie recommends it!)

Leave me a comment and tell me if your making an Inventory Quilt too!

With Joy,

Sarah V.