On my cutting table today is this amazing fabric assortment by Anna Maria Horner. These pretties are part of the True Colors collection from FreeSpirit. I was able to attend a smaller release party during fall market up close and personal at fall market. Total swoon!
True Colors Collection
The True Colors collection is a design collaboration between Joel Dewberry, Anna Maria Horner, Heather Bailey, and Jenean Morrison. Each designer brings their own unique aesthetic to the collection with five prints offered in 4 color pallets. Together, they have created an assortment of prints that is sure to become a much-loved favorite among the sewing community. To say that the assortment of colors is incredible would be a total understatement. When I opened up the box and began to unpack the fabric, I was completely blown away! My mind started racing and thinking of what I would make. I quickly knew that these fabrics had to be mixed together and fast! Want to see more? In this video the designers share their story behind the fabrics. I just love the up close and personal perspective it delivers. Now my biggest question is what am I gonna create! Even though these fabrics are on my table, I seem to be reluctant to cut them. They are just that pretty. What about you? What would you make? Leave me a note in the comments, I’d love to hear. Plus, I’m sure I will have extra to share! (hint, hint) 
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I would make some cheerful pillows and a matching lap quilt.
I’m with you. I would have them all spread out on my cutting table and just enjoy the beauty of the fabric and being able to touch them. Love just touching fabric and planning what i can and will do with it. What a lucky gal you are to have this privilege!!! I can spend a whole day in a quilt shop just looking and touching.
I am determined to cute them today Judy! I mean, what good is it to have them and not enjoy, right! So, I’m thinking I will make something that I can see everyday.
~Heather
I would make a dress from this book by Nancy Langdon en Sabine Pollehn Sewing Clothes Kids Love http://www.amazon.com/Nancy-J.-S.-Langdon/e/B002KXW69I
my little girl wore one the whole summer she looked so cute in it.
Greetings from Belgium
Oh Merel, I’ve seen that book. The photography is fantastic! I think that these fabrics would work perfectly for anything in that style. Too bad my girls are more on the punk rock side of style.
~Heather
I would make a big square quilt or pillows or curtains or apron or tote bags with these fabrics. They are awesome.
I got some of Anna Maria’s new fabric ~ it’s so wonderful (I need more) ~ making a rather large Dresden plate as the center of a medallion quilt ~ it’s turned out wonderful. Put the Dresden on a really busy print in a dark cream with a charcoal print ~ I love it!
Thanks for the lovely video ~ going to go check out Joel Dewberry’s fabric!
That sounds wonderful. I really like the look of the Dresden plates but have never actually made one. Might have to give it a go!
~Heather
A few moments ago I saw a placemat that was a half dresden plate but the middle petal was a black print and turned upside down making it look like a butterfly. I think these fabrics would look awesome in the placemat and then a full dresden plate as a table topper.
That would be fantastic Rhonda! I will keep that in mind. It might be a fun way to experiment with the dresden plate.
Thanks so much for sharing!
~Heather
I’d look at them for a while. Eventually an idea would germinate enough to get me sketching it out before creating it. I love pulling out all my fabrics to look at.
Why not make something that you can see and use everyday if they are that pretty? Like that scissor holder made from fabric stretched inside the embroidery hoop you posted yesterday? Or some storage boxes to hold patterns and notions in your sewing room? When I have pretty that I just LOVE to look at, I try to come up with something useful that I will use often so that I can keep enjoying the fabric! 😉 Maybe a cover for your sewing machine? How much fabric do you have? Enough to make a skirt for a table? What about a dresser scarf or table runner? I like having those because it means less dusting!!!!
The embroidery hoop artwork is actually a great idea Linda. I have a embroidery hoop art wall and that would be a nice addition.
~Heather
I’m making a larger ironing board from some Ikea trollies and would love to use the fabrics – especially the pinks as the cover. Then I can see them everyday I iron my other fabrics!!
You are reading my mind Nicole!!
they are pretty and bold and colorful, i think i would put them all together in a quilt, bold and colorful, what i like best.
I’d have to make a “movie quilt” – one for the sofa, in other words – so I could look at its beauty all the time! Of course, there’d be leftovers, so maybe a tea cozy and a divided basket would also be nice!
I’m thinking that a multi-piece set of ‘something’ where you have different pieces in different patterns but that co-ordinate so they are still tied together. Maybe a set of containers for your dresser top for makeup; a set of placemats with a table runner, napkins, tea cozy and roll basket; a purse with a wallet, card holder and key tab; covers for your toaster, blender, mixer and other kitchen tools.
I like the idea of each piece in a different colour/pattern/fabric so that each one is individual but they are all somehow similar. Matchy-matchy makes me crazy!! I was in a kitchen once where everything from the curtains to the toaster cover to the napkins was the same fabric and it was optical overload.
My biggest problem is saving all my fabrics for the “perfect” project–and I never seem to find it! The latest pattern I’ve been thinking about tackling is an apple core paper piecing quilt, and this collection might be perfect for that!
First I would leave them out in my sewing room so I could just look at them. Not being able to see material in person before buying is about the hardest things for me about retiring in Mexico. I miss being able to see the actual colors and feel the material, so when ordering I always hope that what I order will be very close to the screen color. After spending time just looking at them I would probably make a wall hanging or (and) a lap quilt to cover myself in colors. We are building a house and I am making wall hangings so I can change the feel of each room by just changing the hangings.
That hardest part of sewing is that when you can’t easily decide if which one to deal and pick with, it always give doubts if it will work or not, but some how as we able to finish it, at the end it always come up on feeling it worth it.
Sometimes the 1st cut is the hardest but I am in love with the end results.
~Heather
I would make a tote bag or pillow for my Yahoo group, World of Charity Stitching.
Thanks,
Peggy