Building a sample pack

Looking ahead at the Free Bee challenge next year I've been scanning the internet for improv quilt inspiration - you can check out some of what I've found to inspire HERE.


So along with the quilt inspiration I need to choose a Kona Solid fabric to be used with the Bee Quilters scraps - do I play save and stick with black, white or another single colour, or do I select a range of colours the quilters can select from.  Well there's one huge problem, for me, with picking any colour from the Kona Solid range, and that is that I don't have a local shop with a decent range of the fabrics or a manufacturer's colour card, and making a colour selection from internet images is just too dicey, the colour reproduction is never quite true.

Fortunately I've found a supplier in N Ireland who sends out sample charms from her stock of fabrics - River Fabrics.  So the other day I checked out the colours I liked in these FQ bundles and selected the fabrics that were stocked by Janette 

Here's my little bundle of samples.  And, gosh was I right that the internet images don't give you and accurate indication of what colour the fabric actually is.  

One things is for sure:- I will be building up this sample library for reference purposes


Thank you Janette for the samples and prompt service - you can order samples HERE and buy any fabric you need from either the River Fabrics online shop or ebay pages.


Samples, brilliant though they are I've still got a problem - what colour or colour range do I go with - and the decision has to be made by March, along with an idea on design style for my block.


Other Kona Solid sample fabrics I bought from Janette were for this fabric - I still need to get the dark russet fabric - possibly Paprika.  So I'm waiting patiently until I find it in an online UK store or on some trip to a quilt shop.