I've begun to work with black background fabric this year. I had seen photos of Amish quilts using solid black background and jewel-tone solids. Working with black and solids did not appeal to me until I visited the Florida Cabin Fever Quilt Guild website to find their 2009 block of the month. It's called A Touch of Amish. "A touch" was right up my alley! I've made the first four blocks, but not quite with jewel tones! Love my avocado green. Yes, a throw back to my favorite color of the 1970's.
Then the quilting guild that I belong to asked for help paper-piecing the blocks for the 2010 Opportunity Quilt. Those ladies know I looooove paper-piecing. I had to learn to sew curves and New York Beauty blocks to do that first one. These three blocks are made with batik fabrics. The black is not solid but seems to have a touch of turquoise marbled through.
So now I've decided to make myself a black lapquilt. I'll be using Carol Doak and Electric Quilt paper-pieced blocks for flowers, stems, and leaves. I've found some beautiful background fabric from Kings Road. Not a batik, but it looks like it -- black with dark green shooting through it. No, not avocado green. :-)
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