Fabric Pull Redux - Birch Point Quilt - The Blanket Statement
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When I was learning to quilt my grandma and my great aunt Leona taught me to put all of the fabric I wished to use in the quilt on a side table in the living room, that got good light, for a week and any fabrics that I noticed during the week were ones that clashed with the group and had to be removed/switched out (or later on I learned I could find a “bridge” fabric to add) and of course once a new fabric is added the 7 days started over. As a kid it was a frustrating process because I just wanted to make a quilt…but as an adult this is a process that makes me feel connected with my family. And I find when I skip this step I don’t like the color harmony of the final quilt. And on the quilts I do use this technique on I always get compliments
Corey, I love this story and the legacy you have learning from your grandma and great aunt on how to curate fabrics for your quilts! ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing it! I'm sure that I'd share the frustration you had as a kid---and yet the wisdom behind that method is undeniable. As they say, the proof is in the pudding! 😘
Speaking of youngins not understanding “hang up” the phone, I lived in rural Kentucky and we had a PARTY LINE PHONE!! For those who don’t know, that means all 7ish homes on our gravel lane, shared the same phone line. We each had a different phone number and you didn’t hear the neighbors phone ring, but if you wanted to call, when you picked up the phone to dial, if someone else on the lane was on their phone, you could hear and talk (the first 3 way calls?!?!) to them, but you had to wait until they hung up to use your phone. If you were extremely gentle AND your house was quiet, you could listen in without them knowing. This was NOT ideal for a young middle schooler! And we had several preteens on the lane and it didn’t make for the BEST relationships with all of us kids. Ahhh, the memories!
Also had a party line. Growing up
I never had a party line and it's a good thing because I'm so naturally curious (read: nosey!) that I would have stayed on that line listening in and would have stayed in trouble, too!! 😂
Speaking of those old rotary wall phones and that click that satisfied or “exclaimed” the end of a good call, my mind’s eye turns back to choices, location and color. My phone was called ebony (classy word for good old standard black),was a rotary dial and hung on our kitchen wall back in 1975. It was the extra long twisted and knotted cord that invited me to twist my fingers making more knots in that cord as I chatted. That made for countless knots that in today’s quilting frenzie could be a liking to sewing thread knots and tension adjustments. Color ways begin with white (or in my experience black). Years have passed and like phones, quilting habits and tricks of the trade have brought new wonder to the quilting patterns we create and enjoy. I learned much about color value today and am grateful to you and Paul for giving it a second go around in filming. Always entertaining and informative!🧵🪡💕😄
Deconstructed the 5x shirt that i had purchased. Almost a yard of fabric in the back alone. I was shocked, but glad.
Wowza, a near yard in just the back!!!!
DiAnn, that is CRAZY and awesome!! I continue to be amazed at the amount of fabric that is in a men's shirt!! 🤩
Because of your videos, I decided to look for men's shirts for quilt making. I never thought of them. I was always looking for sheets and women's prints. I was able to get 2 kitchen garbage bags full of men's shirts for free!!! I'm so excited to decide what quilt to make. There were also some plaids included. Working with the plaids will be a challenge for me. Thanks for your inspiration.
Debbie, that's wonderful!! And ANY men's shirts for free is AMAZING! I'm so excited for you---thank you for watching, and commenting, and sharing! Good luck on your quilt! ❤️
Hi Cathy! I love your color theory & fabric pull videos. As a beginner, I appreciate learning from your full process. When I was getting up the courage to start my first quilt a few months ago I decided to go to a thrift store and pick out some pastel colors. Naive beginner me thought "pastels are easy, what could go wrong?" (Haha!😂) Needless to say, it didn't go well! But now I'm starting to understand why. (I ended up going to my local quilt store and got a pastel rainbow gradient fabric so all the thinking work was done for me and I could jump into that first quilt. Maybe for the next one I'll have the know-how to do it myself). Thank you again for sharing with us!!
Renee, thank you for your comment and for watching! 🥰❤️ This is both the difficulty and joy of working with mens shirt fabrics---getting a colorway together that works and is harmonious isn't as easy as buying a jelly roll or layer cake or charm pack! But I think it is infinitely more rewarding because it requires more creativity and the end result is 100% unique and special (and often really beautiful!) PS I think it's so AWESOME that you have made your first quilt and also have some thrift store fabrics to use next time! The best part is that you're already talking about the NEXT ONE!! 🤩😍🤓👍🏻
Lovely to see a Canadian designer featured! Whoop! It is always so interesting when we recognize something isn’t quite right and then we muddle through to the right combo! Loved to hear your thought process! XO
Thank you, Anne! ❤️ I follow Erin (the Blanket Statement) on Instagram and love her quilts---she has a couple others that I want to make too! 🤓😊
So lovely Cathy!! Love the final fabric choices 👌🏻🥰 Also love your message at the end…if we would just change our perspective on things it would make our lives much more enjoyable! 👏🏻❤️
I think every quilt teaches us something. I just came back from a quilt retreat and often the first thing people talk about, when starting on a new quilt is what they would’ve done differently. I think, If you don’t like something, than don’t keep going, change it! It’s better than ending up with something you feel ambivalent about, when you know you could’ve done it better.
The change you made to your quilt was a game changer and a great lesson. It will be beautiful 💕⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you, Angie!! I’m much the same (change it! Fix it!) but I do think sometimes it’s good for me to let some things ride-I’m discovering more and more that the little things don’t bother me (in the end) as much as I think they will!!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I agree! I’m not a chaser of perfection. I’m totally fine with my handmade things actually looking handmade 😉☺️💕. The one thing quilters do, that drives me out of my tree, is when they show a gorgeous quilt and say: “it’s not perfect”. Like we need to point that out! No, I don’t think so. if anyone points out imperfections, on a quilt, (in a bad way) than they are not ‘quilt worthy’😑. Just saying 😉☺️
I’ve watched many other quilter videos, and many are knowledgeable, but yours are so homely and different. I really don’t consider myself a quilter, but a maker, because I do a lot more dimensional cloth dolls and other products besides quilts. Anyway, I understand what you mean about the quilt store solids versus the men’s shirt solids and have weeded out most of the fabric store solids from my stash yesterday to give to the local thrift store. I now recognize why I don’t like solids and always gravitate to prints and batiks. I’m also taking your advice and reorganizing what’s left of my 40 years’ worth of fabric collecting. Thank you, Cathy, so much for all the inspiration-Lili
Oh my goodness, Lili! What wonderful compliments! ❤️ I'm so glad you're enjoying being here with me and found inspiration on my channel! 🥰
Hi Cathy! A lot of quilters will call playing with Fabric and trying out color combinations as “auditioning fabric.”
I love how you laugh through all your videos. Makes me smile. Reminds us that we are supposed to be having fun and playing with Fabrics and Quilts!
Thank you, Padma! I love auditioning fabrics! ❤️
Looking back, I believe quilting would have served me well in dealing with life’s issues, challenges, etc if I had begun the hobby young. But even at an older age, it certainly has added some unexpected components to the process that seems simple in concept. No wonder we wish to pass it forward to the next generation and we treasure those quilts we’ve inherited. A quilt (or quilt project) has a lot to say to us, doesn’t it? 😊
SO MUCH to say---quilts (and quilt projects) and me! Lol! Thanks for this great comment! ❤️
Another way of describing value is talking about the grey scale. So 100% is black, 0% is white and 50% is medium. You can also take a picture of options and convert the picture to black and white (grey scale) and then looking where things read. It is an amazing experiment to run with things like wall paint chips, tubes of paint, yarn and thread colours etc. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Red, you are so right! I often forget when I do a fabric pull that using the gray scale can help problem solve challenging pairings! But interestingly, when the quilt top is laid out, I use that exact thing (changing the photo to B&W) to make sure that it is balanced and not too dark or light in a particular area. I just need to use that same trick earlier in the process!! 🤓👍🏻😊
I love the life perspective you learned & shared in this one! I always say that I am not a rule breaker, except where quilting is concerned. And I know I need to relax more in life about what “should” be, just like I do in my quilting. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Julia! ❤️ I could stand to relax more about almost everything! 😂
Contrast makes a lot of difference. I've learned that the hard way. Sometimes the fabric is just so pretty you can just miss it til you stand back and look. Thanks for video
So true! It seems like the really dark or really light fabrics will kill the vibe of all the lovely mediums but it's actually what makes them shine! 😊🤓
Awesome Cathy, love the color combos .I admire your ability to constantly taking the time and thought process . hope you and family have a wonderful weekend ❤🙆🙏
Neva, you are such a sweetie! Thanks for your faithful support and kind words--it means the world to me! 😘❤️
Oh man, you have no idea how much I needed to hear that “what if I applied this to life” idea. I have been struggling with some issues and that one idea helped put things in perspective. ❤ I love it! We really have to meet one day.
Victoria, I'm so glad that it helped you, too! I have been needing some reframing myself, so you are not alone! ❤️ You know I'd love to meet you if we ever have the opportunity! 🥰
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Cathy I love the fabric pull videos, as much as I like your humor and all you have to say about it!! I am learning so much from your doing these fabric pull videos. May I suggest you make these fabric pull videos an ongoing thing in your videos. I am not aware of other videos like these. And, in my opinion, there’s a real need for it. Thank you 🙏🏼 for your lovely contribution to my learning and to the quilting community. Urania
I definitely like your final fabric choices and I too learned so much❣️
I love watching the process you talk us throuh as you choose colours. I'm a more is more type when it comes to colours. Keep adding and eventually it all comes together. I watched this video at my desk while breaking dien some shirts. The perfect combination.
Thank you, Nicole! ❤️ I love looking at (and even envy a little) quilts made with the "more is more" attitude--but at the end of the day, I guess I've just gotta be me. 🤓😊👍🏻
8 love my Friday quilting inspiration.
Aww, thank you, Georgia! ❤️ Always happy to see your name in the comments. 🥰
A great and very valuable video. It is timely as I am struggling with the same challenge. My color way just isn’t working. I was about to scrap the whole project. Now I am inspired to think about it differently and stop “forcing” something that isn’t working. THANK YOU!!!
You're so welcome, Tracy! ❤️ If we can step back and see a rework as a positive rather than a negative (in Life, too) then we can redeem the time and energy and end up with something beautiful that we are proud of!
Ooh, I can't wait for the finished top! Great choices. I was going like, nooo, yesss, nooo, yesss all the way through.😂
Thank you, I needed to hear you need to break down to have a break through. Sometimes I just need to walk away too and then the color combo finally comes to me.
Mary, you are so welcome! ❤️ I think we all need someone to say, "Just walk away" every now and again! 🤓👍🏻
Always appreciate your reflections on life! I'm about to finally cut into some fabric that l've had for about 6 years and loved it TOO much !😂 Just gonna do it! My swear words pretty much stay in my head too ❤
I’m glad you’re going to cut into it. It inspires me to do the same with some I have had for a long time. Thank you
Giselle, that is so wonderful!! ❤️ It is easier than one might think to get attached to precious fabric and then be unable or unwilling to cut into it for fear of ruining it--I didn't understand that until I started quilting and now I GET IT. But then again, when it is worked into a quilt it will be even more precious and beautiful and be fulfilling its purpose, so who are we to deny our lovely fabrics that pleasure?!
I lol'd at your swear words comment. Solidarity! I try my best to keep them only in my head, or directed for humor-sake to friends and family who will laugh at and appreciate them. 😉
P.s we had a avocado rotary wall phone with a curly stretched out cord lol good memory
This was like a colorful fable! It has entertainment, lovely fabric, and helpful information with a gentle moral at the end that was perfectly timed in my life and, I'm sure, many others.
Steff, I am SO VERY HAPPY for you!! CONGRATULATIONS on your HOUSE!!! 🏡❤️🥰🎉🥳🍾🥂 What a wonderful and exciting time for you!! The picking out colors (and home decor) is the BEST PART. Well, and having your very own place with a yard and driveway and all that jazz.😉 I can see you in Home Depot in the paint section chuckling, and that makes me so happy!
As for the video, I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I'm always so thankful for your support and enthusiasm and general good vibes that you impart in every comment! Love you, girl!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Thank youuuuuu! Love you and the uplifting community you've attracted! Good vibes are easy here. The yard and driveway and all are great too... buuuuut I admit that when I bought a garden hose yesterday, I got it in a cute color. The last time I owned a hose 15 years ago, I didn't have the option for turquoise or peach!
Again, I just love your fabric pull videos. It was so interesting to follow your thinking and decision-making. I was thinking while you were struggling with the turquoise fabric and deciding it wasn't contrasty enough, that what might work would be a small print like the lightest yellow fabric, either very much lighter or very much darker. In the end, what you chose with the navy and small dot fabric pulled it all together. I look forward to seeing more of this kind of video in the future. BTW, I like hearing about the help and support you get from your daughters.
Thank you, Beth! I'm lucky that my girls are interested in what interests me! 🥰 And thanks for the encouraging words and for liking this video! ❤️
wow, just wow--- values,hues, ombre effects. I need to slow down in my work as well.
Thank you, Roxanna! ❤️ It's just hard to have patience when we get excited about a project, I think!
Super excited about your final choice ...but can we talk about " I'm not going to belabor the point, I want to" I literally lol your so fun to watch I to like to belabor anything quilt related... Lol ...I think that would make a hilarious T shirt ....
That was such a lovely and informative video! Well done!
Thank you so much! ❤️
I think it’s more of a challenge when you are using what you have and what you have is what you find in a thrift store. Carefully curated fabrics from the fabric store that is specially chosen from a fabric collection sometimes makes it a little simpler, still beautiful but a lot less complicated or time consuming. But I know that’s one of the things you love about what you do and guess what? You are so good at it!! ❤
So very true. The challenge of working with either what we have or what we get at the thrift store does add time and energy---but the reward is so great and it forces me to be more creative, which I LOVE. ❤️ Thanks for your kind words and encouragement! It means a lot to me! 🥰
Yep! Think you nailed it 😉
Thanks, Janie!
So, my true first quilting project was huge. You know that saying, Jump in with both feet? Well, I did, off a cliff. But then I stopped. The fabrics I originally purchased for my big quilt got sidelined. I used a few of them in the end, but ended up purchasing more fabrics which I liked better in the long run. Of course when that happened, the original quilt pattern didn’t quite work. So I ended up redesigning the pattern with some modifications. And this all came about because I didn’t like some of the colors once I got them together and started playing around with the layout. In the end, my quilt is original, the pattern is pretty much original and because I was using my really old simplicity machine, I quilted columns and then sewed the columns together and hand stacked the back columns together. The end result is different, but a direct result of changing colors and fabrics. The journey to get to the end is always an interesting ones and the most twisting journey is the one you remember most. I really like the end result. Have a great day and thanks for a great video and I can’t wait to see what’s coming next!
Thank you so much, Christine! And yes, my goodness, the quilting journey (especially the ones with challenges or difficulty) are the most memorable! And probably the ones we learn the most from, which means all the quilts after it directly benefit from those challenges and problems. And I find THAT very comforting. 🥰Thanks for watching and commenting and for you support! ❤️
The color wheel is my best friend...lol
ME too! Color wheel lover for LIFE! ❤️
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about how you decide on your colors. You are so much more a planner than me. Right now I am working with Dots. Loving my dots. No real pattern yet. Putting it together as I go. A bit scrappy,and a bit planned. We'll see. Have a great day!
Laura, I'm a fan of dots too! I love that we each have our own styles, and all of them work for each of us as we all make beautiful quilts! ❤️
🤣Phones: - I used say or hear "hang up the phone." My son, "end call."
🥰I'm trying to approach a pile of fabric, ala "TheCatBird" way with a "very tight there really really go together" fabrics. Meanwhile there is an itch in the back of my head "maybe you could bridge from the inspiration print, a grayed blue/green floral to normal blues & greens, because there are no 'jumps' & the lack of a very light or very dark scares me..." So it is an ok pile right now waiting for inspiration or the cut bait & fish moment.
😀I appreciated the point about how all patterns don't work with all types of fabric. I too like the pattern that you are using, but I am thinking "I could use gingham but pretty much nothing else from my stash."
I think it is an under-referenced point in quilting: not every fabric looks good in every pattern. Just this week I saw on IG where someone used gingham (my favorite, as you know!) in a quilt pattern that had lots of seaming and angles, and the angled pieces met the square pieces, and I just don't think it was a great pairing of fabric to pattern. And I loved them BOTH (pattern and fabric) but just not together! Love that you're trying my approach--I suspect it will frustrate you to no end, but I still love that you are going out of your comfort place.🥰❤️
Excellent video!!!
Thank you!
Hi Cathy with a C! I have several books on color theory but the reality is (which your video communicates so clearly) that the only way to truly understand it is to get your hands “dirty “ and just go for it, with mistakes and successes! I paper craft too and if you make a mistake towards the end of a card or scrapbook page it feels very defeating to just start over, you may not have enough paper etc, so I always look at a mistake as a creative opportunity. Usually the mistake is fortuitous because it forces me to figure out a way to hide it and it turns into something that I love about the project in the end! Lastly, as we have all experienced in life when things don’t go right we have a opportunity to reframe our minds, our hearts or our faith and if we have the correct attitude about it we learn something and personal growth occurs. Oftentimes we may not see that growth without the failure.
I’m sure you will cherish this quilt when it’s finished ❤
Thanks for spending the time going over all this, learning a lot! When you were looking at the orange colors I thought the shirt you are wearing might actually have worked.. silly me! Have a great day!
Thank you, Jenny! I'm so glad you are learning along with me! ❤️ Thanks for watching and for commenting! 🥰
I enjoyed you teaching about color
Closed captioning heard the way you say aside as Assad. I didn’t have it on for “yullow”.
LOL! God bless the folks who are watching the captioning in another language---you know they probably don't understand half of what I'm saying! 😳🤦🏻♀️🤓
Great video!.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I'm glad you liked it! 🥰❤️
Thank you for this tutorial 💕i appreciate your tutorials.
You're welcome, Pam! Thanks for watching and commenting! ❤️😊
You had a piece of lint in your hair and I really wanted to pick it out to see if it was lint or thread. It’s likely gone by now so I will never know!?!?!
LOL! If we could only go back in time, or make it a live video, you could have told me and we would have fixed it!! (but it also could have been a stray gray hair which are becoming more and more common these days! 😘)
Beautiful
Hey Cathy, there's a shirt behind you hanging on your wall that has a nice deep "teal" color that may work???
Renee, isn't that crazy? I saw it too and tried it, but it is too green and too muted!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts lol, I sent my comment before I had finished watching the video (like I was helping you choose/resolve the dilemma), but I really like how you pulled it all together at the end! THE SUSPENSE!!! 🔥
Where do you get your button up shirts? I love this color!
This particular one is from a thrift store, I think? lol. How fitting, right? My more interesting ones are usually thrift store finds, but I get many of them from Lands End. (on sale when I can!) 😉
The turquoise would make a great southwest quilt with some of the reds you have. Cream and black are good backgrounds? 🏜️
It absolutely would! Look at you paying attention to my reds! 😉