Heather Ross Far Far Away 2 | Brooklyn Quilting Co

I Like You – Finished

This quilt is what you could call, more is more. There’s a lot of color, there’s a lot of pattern, and there’s just a lot going on. But sometimes in life you have to go all-in, and that’s what I did.

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The fabric in this quilt is Heather Ross’s Far Far Away II collection plus some Marcia Derse solids mixed in.

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When I was thinking about how I wanted to use the fabric, I debated sticking with one color scheme or only a handful or fabrics from the collection. But I wanted to use them all in one place (or quilt) and the result is an explosion of color.

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I think this pattern would also look good with a more subtle or simple color/fabric selection, but the way it is now, it’s so colorful and happy I can’t not like it.

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The back of this quilt is much more toned down than the front. I used an old – not vintage – but older white bedsheet with purple dots for the back. It’s a perfect complement to the very busy, action-packed front.

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This quilt is for color-lovers everywhere who don’t hold back. Cheers!

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I do like you, and I also really like this Far Far Away II fabric by Heather Ross.

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For those of you who have been following Heather for a long time, you probably recognize the name of this collection. Heather originally released Far Far Away in quilting cotton back in 2014. Last fall, she released Far Far Away II with new fabrics and new colors.

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I’m not sure I can pick a favorite, but the moons are pretty high on the list. So are the paper hats. And the honey jars. And the flowers. And, and, and…see the problem trying to choose?

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There are very few artists who do juvenile fabrics well, and Heather is on that short list. So often “kid fabrics” are cheesy or are your typical teddy bears or trains or something else that’s been done a million times. Heather keeps it new and fresh every time and her fabrics work for kids and adults alike.

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As for this pattern, I wanted to do something diamond-like with a twist, and this is what I came up with.

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I also mixed in some solids to help break it up.

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This quilt comes together pretty quickly because it has larger pieces, which was intentional. Since some of the fabrics have large-scale prints, I wanted to be able to show them off as much as possible.

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I did put quite a bit of time and thought into the fabric placement. My main goal was to evenly distribute the fabric by color and then try to avoid having flowers next to one another, moons next to one another, etc. I think it works.

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That’s it for now. I’m not quite ready to quilt this one. I’m thinking about using a vintage sheet for the quilt back, but that’s still TBD. I’ll keep you posted.