{"id":5714,"date":"2010-06-08T07:38:48","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T14:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2016-06-16T18:57:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T01:57:17","slug":"rebirth-of-solids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/rebirth-of-solids\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebirth of Solids??"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day I was looking around the web to see if some company made solid charm packs. My mom <\/a>is making a food quilt and wants to use the Corner Store<\/a> design from Pretty Little Mini Quilts<\/a>. I think that design must have another name, because I wasn’t able to find any photos of it by that name<\/em>. I knew that one of my contacts had a photo so I have used that to show you the design. I have a lot of pattern names to look up!<\/p>\n

\"Sampler\"<\/a>
Sampler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyway, I feel like I have a long history with solids. In my first quilt class, the teacher sent us out to buy fabric. She told us to purchase a light, medium and dark from the same color (I chose blue) and a few other colors to go with it (see the pink, green, purple and muslin above?).<\/p>\n

I was pretty overwhelmed when I arrived at the quilt store. Even back in the dark ages, there was a lot of fabric to choose from. The shop I visited had a room, yes an entire ROOM, full of solids. I chose solids for my first project to kind of keep the noise level low. You might notice one print. I went back later and got that print when I felt more confident and decided I kind of liked this quilting thing.<\/p>\n

I have used solids on and off since I made the above sampler, but have never done a whole project with solids again. TFQ and I did an exchange where we would send each other a block. I made blocks in solids and she made blocks in tone on tones. This exchange was a good learning experience for me, because I learned how to use tone-on-tones and could compare the interest level in a block made with tone-on-tones versus one made with solids.<\/p>\n

The fresh modern quilts<\/a> seem to rely on, at least, some solids.<\/p>\n

\"City<\/a>
City Quilts Book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cherri House<\/a> (don’t you love that name?) has also come out with a book on using solids and their blog is filled with glowing quilts using solids. The Stash blog reviews it here<\/a>. I need to reserve that book at the library and take a look. Pat Sloan interviewed Cherri House on one of her Toginet Radio shows<\/a><\/p>\n

In my search, I found that Kona, which came out with a zillion solids a few years ago does<\/em> have charm packs of their solids. They actually say on their website<\/a> that they have 221 solid colors. I recently heard about Bella Solids from Moda<\/a> (love the aqua, green and jade, BTW). P.S. I quilt<\/a> mentions<\/a> the Bella Solids, so they are definitely out there.<\/p>\n

I think visiting the Amish Exhibit<\/a> really put solids back on my mind. They had been rattling around in the back because of the Fresh Modern quilts, but now they are firmly ensconced. As I mentioned, those quilts glow. I haven’t decided whether I want to make a whole quilt with solids, but I think I would like to get them back into my repertoire. I did use one solid in one of the teacher pillows as a border. That is a start. I need to practice so I can make solid quilts that glow. I have a large piece of Kona Snow and, perhaps, that is a good place to start.<\/p>\n

I am thrilled that solids are out there again; that people are paying attention to solids again. I like having a wide variety of colors, and the subtle variations, to choose from. I’d love to have 5 yard cuts of each of the Bella and Kona solids. Wouldn’t it be great to have that many colors to choose from? Of course, I would need a fabric HOUSE to deal with all of those cuts.<\/p>\n

What is going on? What is it with solids all of sudden? Everything old is new again? I am interested to see where this is all going and what people will do with the solids.<\/p>\n

Welcome Back, Solids!<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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