Last week, Fat Quarter Shop announced their nine-month quilt along, Sewcialites. You get to choose between 3" blocks, 6" blocks, or 9" blocks with a final setting of 27 1/2" square, 54 1/2" square, or 81 1/2" square.

I wanted to purchase NEW FABRIC for it so badly, but I have plenty of stash that needs using, so I went digging around in my various drawers and boxes. What I found, other than a lot of fabric, was a stack of fat quarters, background, backing, and binding I had purchased in April of 2017 and had intended to use for another project. I have absolutely no interest in that project anymore, as happens when you have big plans, and then everything else is more appealing.

This is Ava Rose from Riley Blake back from 2017. With all of the fat quarters and yardage, I have enough to make the 6" blocks, so that made my decision. There will likely be a couple of blocks that aren’t very high-contrast because I don’t have enough of the colorful ones, but I think I’m okay with that. I may pick up a couple of coordinating solids at the end for the HSTs, but luckily that is a decision I don’t have to make right now. I'm excited that I'm going to be able to participate, even if I don't get the joy of playing with new fabric, and it's another way to work down my stash, so win-win, right?