It's here! My Homecoming quilt pattern is now available! . . I designed this quilt as a gift to myself during one of the craziest times of my life. The symmetry and bold shapes reminded me of the comforts of home. After four unexpected and extremely long months of temporary housing, this quilt was all that I could think about. This design symbolizes warmth, comfort and a sense of belonging. . . My initial draft of the design only used two colors (because ya'll know how much I love two-color quilts!) There's just something about the simplicity and character of a quilt that has minimal colors. Its calming in the sense that, your mind doesn't have to figure out how to categorize it. Your eyes don't bounce around as much and you're simply invited to sit and rest on the overall design on the quilt- not so much on the fabrics. They're almost soothing, in a sense. I then decided to spice things up and see what would happen if I added extra colors. For my cover quilt, I knew that wanted to use Art Gallery Fabrics, since their fabrics are just so soft and drape-y. I have recently fallen in love with quilts that have darker backgrounds (have you read my Sage Vintage Lace blog post??). As I was looking through all of their colors, Magnetism really caught my eye. But what to pair with it? Ohhhhh, how I love me some peaches. I was immediately drawn to these four colors. I love that they are slightly similar to each other, but yet they each bring something different to the table. . . The colors are Art Gallery Pure solids: Peach Sherbet (a typo on the chip) Apricot Crepe Cinnamon Raw Gold Magnetism I have a quilt kit for this exact quilt in my shop! You can even choose to add backing and binding! In case you're wondering, I got these awesome swatch chips from Woven & Woolly. They're so helpful! . . Raw Gold might be my all time favorite color. I knew that I wanted that to be the