One of the sewing blogs I follow, Stitched in Color, is hosting a contest using green as the main color theme. The idea is to go to the Fat Quarter Shop online, peruse through their MANY fabrics, and put together a 9-fabric mosaic using emerald green as the main color.

I decided to try this for a few reasons.  First, I love these types of contests!  Second, I’ve never entered one like this before.  I’ve matched up fabrics at the fabric store on my own, but never have I sat down and played with patterns for so long to come up with 9 different patterns to put together.

I originally started with a main focus fabric for the center of the 9-patch mosaic, and tried to build from that.  Then I found a few shades of the emerald green that I loved and decided to work from there, instead.  I tried finding airy patterns for the other 5 blocks that would still keep a green motif, but I couldn’t find just what I was looking for to help it all blend together.  I slept on it, then came back and tried again.  It’s funny how from day to day, your tastes change.  This time, big florals were catching my eye!  I was struggling to find a set of patterns that matched again when I found the center piece that brought the other florals together.  I have a Word file with a VERY long list of patterns and their URLs that I really enjoyed, but here is my final submission.