The Pinky Quilt Pattern is another fun way to use BOTH beautiful sides of your fabric!
As with most of my patterns, it all starts with the fabric – the focus fabric!
When I saw this darling fish-bone fabric by dear Stella, I immediately imagined a cute octopus – but first, I had to google: Do octopus eat fish? Well, deep water ones do and this little gal has enjoyed her fill!
Meet Pinky the Baby Octopus miniature quilt!
So, here is the Pinky Quilt Pattern! Keep in mind, if you find a great blue or purple fabric or even the blue/gray fish-bone by dear Stella, you can call her/him “Inky”!
There are lots of nautical or coastal motifs on the market that would work well for the Pinky quilt pattern!
In case you are new to this concept, these easy quilt patterns are designed to use BOTH beautiful sides of fabric to achieve an interesting balance of values. The patterns teach you how to audition BOTH sides of focus fabrics to choose just the right one AND how to audition BOTH sides of your focus fabric with your scrappy background fabrics. In the process, you learn the nuances of value – a great skill to apply to all quilt planning.
Learn more about auditioning both sides of fabric here: The Tricky Traits of Value
The top of Pinky’s body and the binding are made using the front side of the focus fabric and her under-side and bubbles are made using its reverse. Gather up some fun beachy and “water-y” background fabrics and accent strips for a delightful mix.
The Pinky Quilt Pattern comes with a full-size paper template and detailed instructions.
Pinky and all her friends are available at my Etsy Shop: Creative Bee Studios.
Want to learn more about using both sides? See information about classes, programs, and workshops HERE.
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Next time you are shopping for fabric, at a LQS or in your own stash, turn it over and #usebothsides !
