Welcome to Day 1 of the Sweet Shoppe Quilt-Along!! I'm so happy that you're joining us for the fun!
The inspiration for this year's quilt-along is Christmas candy—candy canes, peppermints, anything sugary and sweet, as long as it's red, green and white.
These are the fabrics that I chose for my Sweet Shoppe quilt. The green isn't quite a mint green, but I just love yellowy-green right now and I couldn't help myself!
Just in case you missed my last post, here's a complete list of what you'll need for this year's Quilt-Along:
- 3 fat quarters - red prints
- 3 fat quarters - green prints (you can get away with 2 fat quarters and 1 fat eighth)
- ⅛ yard gray print
- 1½ yard white fabric for background (I'm using a solid)
- ⅓ yard fabric for binding
- 1⅔ yard fabric for backing
- 26" x 60" piece of batting
I'll be posting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between now and Christmas and we'll wrap up on the 22nd—no pun intended! I'll reveal a different block or component with each post and we'll work on assembling the quilt during the last week. Some of the pieces we'll be working with are small, but this project is suitable for most quilters.
So, without further ado, let's get started!