Kaffe Fassett - Designer Fabrics and Men's Dress Shirts from the Thrift Store
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Even if you don’t love Kaffe, his colour sense is a master class of colour. He takes a dive into the % of colour combinations in order to make some sense of it. I love hearing you say it doesn’t match exactly. When you look at his fabrics you learn, it doesn’t have to match, it just has to go! Love seeing th excitement! XOX
Anne, I agree! And thank you about exact matching (which you know I love); but in the case of Kaffe, it does just have to "go"!🤓😘
@@TheCatBirdQuilts it is a great lesson! Once you try it you will be positively reinforced that this is a great new rule! 😉
Did you see Kate from the Last Homely House and her Kaffe quilts and interview? She seems like such a lovely human being. You picked a perfect pattern for that fabric.
We have watched that and we LOVE Kate's channels. I told Cathy while watching her make her latest Kaffe quilt for her granddaughter that I really love what she did.
Thank you, Cathy!❤️
I agree with you about his fabrics. They are beautiful, but so intimidating. The quilt you are planning will be beautiful and will show off the fabric. This was one of your most interesting and helpful videos for me. I love them all, though. I live in your are and always wonder where your goodwill is located.
On another topic, your tech husband does the BEST job with your videos. I love the thoughts he adds in and it is such smooth transitions. We all know there are stops and restarts, but yours are seamless.
I don't normally comment on videos but this was on my mind and heart as I enjoyed all you had to say.
Thank you Tracy. I do my best.
Tracy, the Green Springs Goodwill is the closest one to me. 😉 Glad to know I'm not the only one who feels/thinks like I do about Kaffe fabrics! I'm SO pleased that you enjoyed this video and that you found it helpful! ❤️🤓
And yes, Paul is the BEST.
I'm so glad you commented today---I've found it's always meaningful and worth it when I follow when my heart (and mind) give me a nudge.🥰
OOOOOhhhhh Cathy, I am laughing because my first quilt ever, is on a design wall in my living room, comprised of 1 inch hexies. I am sewing by hand, EPP hexies and they are all Kaffe fabrics! I started it during the pandemic after watching Kate of the Last Homely House designing Agnes' quilt. It was love (and lust} at first sight for Kaffe fabrics. I had never even thought about making a quilt and the next thing I knew I was buying the fabrics, downloading a PDF of hexies, cutting each out by hand and cutting fabric, etc, etc, etc. And I was off. It was a bright spot during those dark days that still makes me smile. I am not following a pattern but designing as I go. It is about 80% designed and 60% sewn, about 700 hexies are sewn together. And now, thanks to you I am using men's shirts, along with a playful, Anita Jeram print called the Art Club, to make a quilt for my grand niece (9 years) and will incorporate her dad's shirts as hearts on the quilt. Our 9 year old LOVES art and animals, (she wants to be a vet) ergo the addition of the Art Club. Here's a link to this fun fabric:
scrappyannies.com/products/art-club-animal-scenes-blue-clty3642-87?variant=43185284481277¤cy=USD&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuNemBhCBARIsADp74QTOaNiZFuy7e_c0RXfd_IcP6cCTCd-TjYNIWNFbS6pRRhvctvs2dQQaAmwpEALw_wcB
Oh heavens, I am rambling and apparently I too have a lot to say, LOL. I need to add that men's shirts are out of my wheel house! But I love a challenge. You too, are a bright spot Cathy and we need all the brightness we can get these days. Thank you for being here! And you too, Paul! Cheers and hugs, Fern in Minnesota
That at club fabric is SO cute! Thank you for the link!
Just realized I never responded to this comment, Fern! We watch Kate too, and LOVE that Agnes quilt! I bet your shirts, together with your Anita Jeram fabric, will be so sweet and fun! The animals on that fabric are super cute--thank you for sharing! 👍🏻🤓
And thank you for your sweet words for Paul and me!❤️ Hugs right back to you!
‘Order is joy’….me in a nutshell. I struggle with pairing fabrics (not purchased from the same line) so I find your videos very informative. Keep up the good work!
Kindred souls! ❤️ My work environment can be VERY chaotic (phones ringing constantly, loud ambient noise, patients asking questions, etc.) and so I definitely gravitate toward a calm, peaceful and ordered aesthetic in my non-work life! Thank you so much, Pamela! 🥰
Cathy, I'm so happy that I found your channel.. Order is Joy for me to!!😊. I also love thrifting men's shirts , sheets and linens to make my quilts...i am all about upcycling and repurposing 😉 I am a beginner quilter and you make it seem so attainable to make quilts. Thank you!
Thank you, purple mama!!❤️ I'm so glad you found my channel too!
Kaffe Fasset actually doesn't fussy cut his fabric when making quilts, and he discourages others from doing so. I watched a Kaffe trunk show from Free Spirit fabrics, and the reps said that they had to twist his arm to fussy cut the fabric in one of the quilts. Kaffe believes in just cutting and enjoying the beauty that emerges
I love those red fabrics on the wall just the way they are!! ❤
When I put them up, I thought, "well my goodness, that's gorgeous just like that!" Great minds. 😘
Hi Cathy, I loved this video, I have never purchased or used KF fabrics, they are beautiful for sure. I am just old school… stripes don’t go with checks. This doesn’t apply to theses fabrics at all ,just lots of colors and designs and I am kind of a colors have to match and not to wild, but when I see someone else put lots of colors and designs, I really like it. You have beautifully matched the solids to the fabrics and can’t wait to see what you do! Best wishes to both of your daughters! Have a great weekend!
I love Kaffe Fasset fabrics and have many of them in my stash! ❤ My problem is I have not made a quilt with them yet because I can’t bring myself to cut into them because they are so beautiful! 😊 Thank you for the inspiration! 🎉
You're so welcome, Annette! ❤️ I'm finding myself hesitant to cut them as well--since I have a limited amount of them! 😱
This is why I did the “Waves” quilt, the pieces are big, so you don’t lose the beautiful print.
I have been thinking that I’d love to see you do a stained glass inspired quilt with your shirt fabric, but, wow, would that ever work well with this fabric!
Kaffe fabrics are the fireworks of the fabric world!😍
Also, it turns out multiple people design the Kaffe fabrics. I gravitate to those designed by Brandon Mably, I learned recently.
Cassandra, yes!! Fireworks indeed!
I have made several quilts and table runners with Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I do combine other fabrics with the Kaffe prints. They always are the first to sell in my Etsy shop.
Deb, I bet they are! I think if one has a very bright and vibrant fabric stash, it is far easier to use other fabrics with KF fabrics!
I love Kaffe Fassett fabrics! They are AWESOME!
I loved this episode and the comment that rang so true for me was “I can’t do what everyone else does.” While my process is totally different from yours (& I enjoy seeing your process), I like to do different projects than everyone else. And I love Kaffe & use his fabrics, but they play with the rest of my stash! Great job!
Thank you, Julia! ❤️ I was just telling Paul, I don't intend to make quilts differently than others seem to, it just rolls out of me differently! 🤷🏻♀️ I think after this project, I will have a better handle on how to incorporate his fabrics into my stash (and vice versa!)
I'm OCD when it comes to my fabric/quilts. Kaffe literally makes me anxious to look at LOL. I received a fat quarter bundle as a raffle win, and it sat in my stash for a couple of years. I would open the pack and just look at it thinking "What in the world am I going to do with this?!" Every single pattern I found was just too "busy". I couldn't find any symmetry because the fabrics are so busy. Finally I bought a layer cake in black and one in white. I took the Kaffe fabrics and made cat silhouettes which I appliquéd to the layer cake squares, alternating a black background with a white background. It ended up looking quite nice. Donated it to a local Cat Rescue who raffled it off for fund raising. They've since commissioned me to make another!
I love your plan on using these fabrics.
Oh thank you, Toni! ❤️
I look forward to see what you do with these fabrics. I'm not a KF person. Too busy, too much for my eye. But the colors are beautiful! Solids will bring the order to the chaos...bravo!
Thank you, Caitlin! ❤️ I don't think I would call myself a KF person, but the viewer/patron who sent me the fabric is trying to convert me! LOL😂 We'll see!😉
Cathy, I appreciate how you paired the solids with the Kaffe fabrics - and what a score that was finding them that day in men's thrifted shirts. I do like Kaffe fabrics but I too would need them toned down a bit and I think the solids do just that. Again, I do enjoy when you bring us along as you play it out with the fabrics on the table. The combination of the overhead camera and Paul's skills and expertise = a WIN in my book. Best of luck to both of your daughters ❤
I watched this again... laughing hard at "getting in the neighborhood, not going to the exact house.." Thanks for the late-night laugh :)
Thank you, Mary Beth! I'll give all my family your well wishes, including Paul (who definitely makes the videos their best!) ❤️
Gosh I look forward to the upcoming Kaffe episodes 🤗✂️🧵🪡
Aww, thanks Elizabeth! ❤️
I believe in you Cathy!! This is going to look lovely!!! 👏🏻🥰 Can’t wait to see your progress on it! 👌🏻
I love Kaffe but have never done anything with it. Am contemplating doing a medallion type quilt using purples, blues and greens with black and white fabrics between each round or purple, blue, or green. Like you I have other things in the works with 3 quilts I have to make and get to the long armer for Christmas delivery so this will be a while before I can start it. Have never done my own pattern and am really looking forward to it. Happy sewing
A medallion quilt in Kaffe would be amazing, Laura!! ❤️ Obviously if this quilt works out you will see and hear all about it!! 🤓 Happy sewing to you too---one more day before the work week cranks back up again!
I did a “Waves” quilt pattern (I believe by Missouri Star Quilt Co.) with my Kaffe Fassett fabrics with a white background. It turned out beautiful.
Denise, I just looked up that pattern--I bet it DID turn out beautiful!! 🤩❤️
I am excited to see what you do with the quilt! I am currently working on a 1 inch hexagon flower garden quilt with Kaffe fabrics. It is exciting and challenging!
Whew, Heidi! That IS a challenge!! But just like Kate at the Last Homely House---I bet your 1-inch hex quilt will be amazing and gorgeous! ❤️
❤your videos...Mom and I are a state apart but get together to quilt several times a year..
Already started our stash for this deer hunting season week together this fall..Can't wait to make some beautiful quilts ..
Made baby quilts using RL shirts years ago..but these will be larger throws😊
Thanks so much for showing us your work!!
Thanks, Amber! I bet your quilting time with your Mom in the Fall will be so fun! ❤️
I love Kaffe Fassett fabrics and have made several quilts with his fabric
Crimson Tate is the best quilt store. I love Heather ❤ I'm so lucky it's in my city
I lu-lu-lu-lu-love Kaffe fabrics. Gosh the bookcases in my studio or filled with yardage, fat quarter bundles, etc. It is indeed a celebration of color and I cannot help but smile when I throw some up on my design wall. The polka dots come in so many colors and I've worked them into so many projects. LOOOOOOOVE this video!
JB!! I laughed and I lu-u-u-u-u-ove this comment! 😂❤️ I'm SO not surprised you love Kaffe fabrics and SO not surprised that you knew there were more of the polka dots one and have used them in multiple projects. I don't know how I know this, but I just do. 🤓🥰 (and I think you need a big hug today so here it is...) {{{{{❤️}}}}}
I love hearing you talk about Kaffe fabrics. They are vibrant and fun. I made a quilt called Third Weekend in October with his fabrics...from a kit with 57 different Kaffe fabrics. Actually, Kaffe Fassett makes a solid shot cotton that is used in the quilt; they are absolutely amazing. Cannot attach a picture of it for some reason, but look it up. A riot of color and pattern.
57 different Kaffe fabrics sounds equal-measure amazing and daunting! I will definitely look it up! Thanks for sharing with me! ❤️
Love me some Kaffe!! I’ve made the seed packet quilt & the glorious red one. So glad you walked through your process. Thanks!
Thanks! I love the seed packet quilt---every version I've seen is so pretty! ❤️
I laughed through this whole video!😂😂. I have the same reaction to Kaffe prints. I love them, and have no idea how to use them. This was great! And, you have awakened my love of shirts again…I hit the goodwill outlet today and added 26 shirts to my stash…😮
Oh yay!! I obviously did too---when I reviewed the video edit, I was shocked at how much I laughed in this one! 😂 So glad you're reunited with the fun of thrift-store shirt buying again!! 😍 And 26 shirts!! You must have found some great ones! 🤩
You got me with the Kaffe Fasset header!!! I love, love the designs and the fabric is pretty luscious also in my opinion. Funny thing is that it took me a while to cotton up to the wild designs and patterns but I am a total convert!!!
Will be a beautiful quilt.
Thank you, Becky! ❤️
I’m sorry to hear your daughter has to have her gallbladder removed. I had mine removed in my mid 40’s (many years ago). I’ll be holding her in positive, healthful, quick-healing thoughts! Big hugs!
Thanks, Angie! ❤️
I just scored shirts! The senior center thrift store in the neighboring town has mens shirts for $4 each, if there isn't a tag, they are $2 each! I found 13! Next Sat all adult clothing will be $1 each. I"m going through the mens shirts like a pro now from watching your videos and talking to myself in my head about each possible shirt. OMG< this is so much fun! Thank you Cathy for your videos.
hooray!! Congrats on your great score--and it sounds like more to come! 🤩🤓 You're welcome and I'm glad you're having fun with it! ❤️
I so enjoyed your 'out of your wheelhouse' reactions to Kaffe fabrics. I'm kind of the same way. It seemed like an unsaid permission to 'just do it'.. Keep going...can't wait to see your final result.
Thank you, Marsha! ❤️
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING.🌞KAFFE KASSETT AND CATHY MARTIN , GIRL HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND ?🤔🤔lol HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND❤ Paul check her head will ya!!🤦
Lol
Caffe 🎉 loves faceted 🎉 jewel 🎉 tones 🎉
LOL! 😂 (sometimes I wonder!)
It is sooo funny Cathy what our minds eye sees. That first print you saw corona virus. Which is the Pharmacist in you. I saw mandellas and peacock feathers. I had to chuckle over that. Beautiful fabrics and such a wonderful gift. ❤️👍
Thank you, Nettie! ❤️
Really like your process of working out fabrics. Watching you has given me a new and fresh perspective on color and cloth!
Thank you so much!❤️ I'm glad the videos have been good for you!🤓
Love it! These colors are in my wheelhouse.
Thanks, Lisa! ❤️
Love Kaffe fabrics! This will be a gorgeous project❣️
Aww! Thank you so much! ❤️
That will be beautiful!
Thank you, Abigail! ❤️
Everyone mispronounces Kaffe’s name when they first find his fabric 🤣 I love how these fabrics are encouraging you to be less ‘matchy’ with colours 🤷♀️ Creating patchwork is definitely character building 🤣🤣 If you get to the Festival of Quilts next year there is an amazing quilt museum in Lampeter 🤩 with a shop next door, called Calico Kate, that has the most amazing selection of Kaffe fabric 🤩🤩 (Sorry Paul) Love how you are so excited by these fabrics 🥰 Enjoy 👏👏🇬🇧
Thank you Glynis. We're hoping to make it to the Festival of Quilts next year, and I fully support any retail therapy Cathy may have when we visit!
"Character building"---yes ma'am, it IS! And thank you for the grace about me mispronouncing Kaffe; I'm sure you're right about that. 😂 Paul and I really want to get to the Festival of Quilts next year!! 🤞🏻 And of course a quilt museum trip AND a fabric shop stop sounds like heaven to me!! ❤️
This is an awesome video. Thank you for this tutorial and the matching of greatness meets thrift. I love working with my men’s dress shirts and now this new idea.
Thanks so much, Connie! ❤️
Thank you for this. I’m a huge KF and just finished ‘Seed Packets’ in predominantly red fabrics, to try to challenge my tendency to ‘choose blue’ every time. Great choice of pattern - given me an idea for two ‘warm’ layer cakes I have of his
Amanda, I'm so glad that you got some ideas watching this video! ❤️ And cheers to you for stretching yourself and working with the red fabrics---I bet your Seed Packets quilt is gorgeous!!
Ahhh, this is going to be so beautiful! (Caution: Too-long comment ahead.) Strikingly modern, but also reminds me of the wildly patterned black fuzzy posters we used to color as kids. It's like you have to shift your view/mind/everything a bit and let yourself dance over that bridge. Can't hold back with fabrics like this!
The "warms" on the wall (a m a z i n g) immediately makes me think of Klimt for some reason (listen, I don't know what goes on in there (my head)) in a way the "cool" designs don't, and that's probably why I think they'd look great with a kind of... vertical jelly-roll-friendly quilt pattern?... because so many of Klimt's works have that elongated, weeping-willow feel to the way he blocks color and movement.
But that's just me, and I'm sure you'll do something fantastic with them! 😊I love the way the pattern you have going with the cools will showcase the fabrics even more by giving the eye a place to rest and parse them either as riotous vibrancy OR intricate little gems, depending on your perspective and distance. Like settings for jewelry? Ahhhhh! Lovely!! It should still let them sing and flow, but will help with that shift I talked about above, especially pre-coffee. Love seeing insight into the process--thanks for sharing it.
(My paragraph divisions are also pre-coffee. Pay them no mind, adjust as needed, etc.)
I love this comment
Coloring posters memory
Klimt
“riotous vibrancy”
“adjust as necessary”
😊
I do too. For almost exactly the same reason, Jennifer.🤓😊
Steff, I wish I could just go in (like an editor) and comment directly to each of your thoughts in your comments!! It would be in red (so you would know what went with what) and it would look like, "ahh THANKS friend!" "YES that's exactly it." "Klimt---my word, yes, I totally see that. totally." "and yes, would have to be vertical." "riotous vibrancy: excellent use of 'riotous'" "also no one uses 'parse' and why the heck not? it's an awesome word'" "Aww.Thanks." "Paragraphs are merely suggestions when we are rolling through from one sidebar to another, tbh."
So, if you read your comment and insert my comments in the right places, it will be like we were actually together having a conversation (although admittedly, we would have a WHOLE LOT MORE "RIGHT?!?!'s") and that would be just divine. If you don't put them in the right places, I suspect it would still be fine. 😘
@@jennjennedington279 Aww, thank you! I tend to think I'm out of left field over here. ^_^
@@TheCatBirdQuilts PARAGRAPHS ARE MERELY SUGGESTIONS. The actual writer in me might disagree, but the part of me that has great, rambling conversations with great friends kicked her out and shut the door in her face. We'd have too much fun!
Oh my gosh, Cathy. This is going to be so much fun to watch you put this quilt together. I love how you have combined the Kaffe fabrics with thrift store shirts - a perfect combination. I think his fabrics are filled wonderful color combinations - but unless I purchased a kit I would never be able to mix and match like you have done. 👊 you have nailed it again! ❤❤❤
Oh my goodness, Peg, you are too kind! ❤️
So funny hearing you talk about Petri dishes and viruses for fabric inspired by millefiori glass from Italy. It’s the first time I’ve seen a large(er) piece of the dotty stripes; it would make brilliant easy Bargello or binding. And the one you nixed; try cutting it into smaller sections if the whole is too chaotic. There is a Kaffe quilt pattern with that concept of a square in a square and then he alternated them with chequerboards.
I’m looking forward to seeing where you go with this.
It's the science person in me---what can I say?! 😉 I'll have to look for the square-in-a-square Kaffe quilt pattern; although since I've made test blocks already, it seems I've committed myself to my own pattern! 😂🤷🏻♀️ I can't wait to start putting the test blocks together and see how it shakes out!!
Luuuuved that you chose to wear a solid charcoal/dark shirt in this one! (And everyone is right, Paul’s collaboration on the videos bring them to a high “production value” level indeed). Cathy, your heartfelt reactions to each fabric, and your thoughts about each was completely delightful and illuminating! Seeing all the glorious riots of color reminded me that in the knitting world just lately there’s been a “neons and neutrals” exploration…had me wondering about pairing Kaffe with khaki, tan, gray, black or white…maybe in a Celestial Stripes pattern…
Also, when will you get that tattoo? “Order is Joy” 🎉
Loved this video; learned alot, and am giggling at the way you expressed “in the neighborhood “ color pairing. Yes!!!
Super fun! “Cool, cool, cool!”
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About 10 years ago I was looking for fabric to make napkins that would look nice with some red placemats that I like to use when we have 8 plus people for dinner. The store where I was shopping had a large collection of Kaffe fabrics in both warm and cool colors. I was drawn to the reds and pinks. Because I was in unable to choose one design, I ended up choosing 5 and bought enough of each to make two large napkins. If the placemats wear out first I’ll have to buy more red ones so we can keep using my favorite napkins. Sometimes I wonder if guests choose where to sit because of the napkin design.
Oohh, Jill! I bet they are beautiful! 🤩😍
Hi Cathy. You are such a delight! I am so glad you have discovered Kaffe - a phenomenon! He is in his late 80s and still creating fabulous fabrics. There is masses of information on RUclips and he has written many books about his long and varied creative career.
Thank you being on RUclips😊
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Finally, the dark blue fabric with the purple and blue spotted egg shapes are examples of Australian Aboriginal art.
Thank you so much, Jo!❤️ Thank YOU for watching and commenting!
I watched Kaffe when he was knitting and he inspired me with my hand spinning. So i have been a fan for a looong time. And it gets better. He also loves to see what others do with his fabrics. It would be lovely to sit down and have a cuppa with bothof you. Also Brandon. What a few hours that would be ❤🎉
Deanne, what a wonderful comment! Thank you! ❤️
Well, welcome to the world of glorious color!!! You will have a wonderful time with Kaffe fabrics 😁.
Yes, Kaffe Fassett fabrics are a whole new world of cloth. I have some and I have yet to work with the kaleidoscope. I’m looking forward to seeing your project. 🇨🇦
Thank you so much! ❤️
That was eye-opening .Thank you
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting! ❤️
I can’t wait to see what you make!
Thanks, Kat! ❤️
You are growing and developing in your quilting skills like a budding flower.
Thank you, Lois!❤️
I like his & the collective - I think I prefer Brandon's more that Kaffes - fabric. It adds "something" to scrappy quilts. Like a dash of purple to a green square. BUT I LOVE to watch hime (them) teach/talk about fabric, design, color. (stuff on RUclips & creativebug.)
Amy, I think I might be with you on Brandon's designs vs Kaffe---but they all bring SO much color!
Thank you for sharing in many words the awe and overwhelming explosion of color and pattern that is Kaffe fabric for many of us! I bought the Cactus Flower Kaffe fabric (my first) and used a 3 yard quilt pattern from Fabric Cafe that has a 9" square as part of the pattern so I could Fussy cut and highlight the flowers. It is one of my favorite quilts I have made and gifted to a close friend!
Giselle, I just looked up the Cactus Flower collection: Wow! "Overwhelming explosion of color and pattern" is right-on, and it's classic Kaffe for sure! 🤩 I bet with those flowers fussy-cut into the large squares it is so beautiful! ❤️
Love Crimson Tate! I visit whenever I visit Indy…
I love it! I will follow your KF quilt because I have exact same feelings as you. I love it, but what do I do with it? Lol
Thank you, Karen! ❤️ And right?!? 🤓🤷🏻♀️
Just love that I’ve found your channel! We think so much alike! I’m going to just believe you’re a Capricorn and that’s why you must control the chaos into order.
Aww! Thank you SewGurl!👍🏻
I don’t know about anyone else but I appreciate the Kaffe designs more when the solids are there alongside them. They help me focus on the beauty of the pattern and really offset the busyness (busy-ness?)😅🤣
Agree. 100%!
Yay!!! Can’t wait to see the finished quilt! Love that you’re willing to take on the challenge and keep your mind open to the possibilities afforded by these lovely electric Kaffe fabrics! 🥰
Thank you, Shannon! ❤️ You know that I love a good challenge! 🤓😂
OMG!😂 I love watching you !! This was a great video, I really love kaffe .
Thanks, Gabrielle! ❤️ Thank you for watching and commenting!
Love the Kaffe fabrics! Thanks again for the inspiration Cathy!
You're welcome, Carleen! 😘
Glorious!!! ❤
Inspiring!
Thanks!
Kaffe means coffee in Danish - a very fitting name :) Because his fabric really wakes you up and makes you smile. I love love his fabrics. Free Spirit has some amazing designers Kaffe Fassett, Brandon Mayble, Tula Pink, Anna Maria Horner, Philip Jacobs, and so many more outstanding fabric designers. My only issue with their fabrics is that I find it SO hard to cut into them, I just want to frame them and look at them :) I really like your take on Kaffe Fassett fabrics!
I have a stack of Kaffe Fabrics and was planning to just frame the fabric with a solid but who knows? LOL My Tula Pink fabric is going to be a "critter quilt" (she does the most wonderful animals, polka dots, stripes, shapes, and color combos ever!) make them into courthouse steps with gradient solids, still, they are "on hold" until I finish 3 other projects that are in the works. :) My husband thinks they are both too "loud" so I'm making him a quilt in all blue batiks.
Freddie--I love that "his fabric really wakes you up!" 😂🤓❤️ I never had a difficult time cutting into fabric before, but this time I have a limited amount of my KF fabrics and I have been hesitant to cut! 😱
Well we are going to see how framing these "loud" fabrics with solids will turn out--since that's exactly what I've got planned! 🤓
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I have no doubt it will be lovely! I have used his prints many times, as appliques - so fuzzy cutting the fabric but even that is kinda hard because you end up cutting into something else wonderful lol
Oh no! You discarded my favorite fat quarter!
Oh no! I'm so sorry! 😱😂 Fear not, though! It will get used (hopefully well🤞🏻) in another project!🤓❤️
Beautiful! Looking forward to this one, too. Praying all goes with with your daughter's surgery.
Thank you, Janie! ❤️
Order is joy! Now those are words to live by!
For real tho.🤓
Stunning!
Thank you, Patricia!
"If Kaffee Fassett did solids..."
Do you want to tell him or shall I? I so wish he would, it would make life easier.
This collection of solids besides KF look very eell matched.
Maggie, right?!? And thanks! We'll see how it comes together!
Does the Cat in the Hat live in the neighborhood? I would definitely make a grocery tote out of the cabbage vs. snuggling up in it! Luckily for my brain my first commitment to him was the geode fabric. I would never survive a “virus” print😂😂😂
Ginger, this comment made me LOL! 😂 We'll see if I survive the virus print! Stay tuned! ❤️
Looking at the fabrics on a small screen and from a distance, they all appear to coordinate. I'm an artist/graphic designer and in my work and education I learned how one can pair certain colors together that when one looks at them from a diy, they look different. I think you can definitely pull off all the fabrics together in one quilt. It would probably look best with a pattern design that has small pieces where that lime green cabbage rose fabric, for example, would be scattered throughout and not in one big chunk that draws the eye to it too strongly, making the quilt look unbalanced. UNLESS the design had a central feature that is meant to have a strong focus area where that color would be perfect standing out against the rest of the blues and purples. I'm looking forward to seeing what you make with it. I know it will be beautiful 💯
Distance, not "diy" 🤭
Cyndi, you don't know how much your comment means to me! ❤️ I'm always grateful (truly!) for supportive and complimentary comments, but when an artist/graphic designer has positive comments, I'm especially grateful (and maybe also relieved) since I have no formal art training! I have made several test blocks for my pattern, and I think it is going to work! Thank you so much for the encouragement and suggestions! 🤓😊🥰
@@TheCatBirdQuilts very cool! I sent that comment, honestly, before I saw what you were thinking about doing with them. I'm sorry, I just saw how well they looked together and couldn't wait to tell you since it might mean you have more to work with. 😊 I really liked how you had spread them out in an ombre kind of order and thought that would also look so neat to try myself sometime in a quilt where you start with one color in one area and transition to the last. It would be very fun with the Kaffe fabrics. I forgot for the moment that your daughter "the colorist" probably also told you similar to what I said 🤭. Really looking forward to seeing your blocks or finished quilt when they're ready. 👏
@@TheCatBirdQuilts oh--and 💕 back! 😄
Loved this video! I am sewing the binding on my 2nd Kaffe quilt, and this has a white background. The other was reds and purples with a dark background, but both beautiful. Imalways looking for patterns that work with those glorious prints. My sister, like you, gets nervous with the "chaos" and thinks i might be a little off in the head😂
There are those of us that like order, and those who like/don'tmind/thrive in chaos (I'm assuming you fit that last group) and it takes us BOTH to have a wonderful, fulfilling, rich life! We order-lovers are better for it when we have folks like you in our lives!❤️ I bet BOTH of your quilts were, indeed, beautiful! It is pretty rare to see KF used with a white background, so I bet it is unique as well as lovely. 🤓😊
I really like the pattern you chose! I think it will be beautiful! I LOVE Kaffe Fassett fabric! I would’ve chose pairs differently, but no matter what, it will be awesome!
Thank you, Angie! ❤️
Most Kaffe lovers, just use his first name 😉. So fun to see you on this new, exciting color adventure! Woo hoo!
You need to look up Joe Cunningham. He’s a improv quilter who knows how to use fabrics that don’t ‘go together’ but his quilts are stunning.
I will definitely look him up! Thanks for the recommendation!🤓😉
Hope you inspire me to get mine out and decide what to do with it. It intimated me. He can put things together and I like it but I just can't do it. I'll be excited to see what you do. Thanks for video
Thank you, Jeanette! ❤️ We'll see how it turns out! If it's good then maybe it will give you an entry point for your Kaffe fabrics! 🤓
Great lesson on color to help me use my Kaffe scraps.
I love the Kaffe collections and I like big simple designs so the fabrics speak for themselves. However, I do wish the fabric was more substantial like much of my other quilting fabrics, and not quite so flimsy.
I haven't really noticed the fabric being flimsy (well, I have but I thought it was just in comparison to my sturdy thrift store shirts!) They are beautiful though!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts They most certainly are and I will continue to use them!
Incredible how you matched them !!! cant wait to see what it turns out. will be following on this one... I went to thrift store and found 3 4x mens shirts and followed the way you cut the shirt.OMG it works! already used one of the shirts for a quilt im working on today. Now that is my thing; going to goodwill's / thrifts stores for men's shirt! going today again....Thanks for sharing your knowledge....
Isn't that just crazy, Janet?! Matching just one Kaffe fabric alone is remarkable! And YAY! 🤩 I'm so glad my shirt breakdown method works for you! It's SO FUN---shopping for the shirts and then breaking them down and THEN using them in a quilt. The whole process is great fun to me! ❤️
I absolutely LOVE the combinations you've put together! Can't wait to see the quilt in progress - and finished!
Thank you, Meredith! ❤️
Excited to see the quilt you have designed!
Thank you, Mary! ❤️
This is beautiful. I am looking forward to watching this episode of your channel. Pat, thank-you for your creativity and time, which encourages me to find ways to be expressive through fabric in a more economic way. Thank-you!😊🛍💐🪻🌹🌻🌷🦋🦋🦋
Thank you, Christina!❤️
You are welcome. I really appreciate your perspective and ideas. Thank-you, Pat!😊💐🪻🌹🌻🌷💐🛍
Brilliant discussion of KF fabric and color ways. I was given a JF jelly roll. I used part of it to make a braided look table topper and the rest was used to make half square triangles using white, which i really liked.
I like the idea that fabrics don't have to match exactly.
Thank you, Linda! ❤️ I do like for fabrics to really match (generally) but I have realized it is nearly impossible with Kaffe fabrics!
I was introduced to a quilt pattern called Steep Rock - designed by Erin of the Blanket Statement Quilt Co - which is PERFECT for Kaffe fabrics. The Confident Stitch in Missoula Mont featured this pattern in a kit they put together with a glorious yellow as the contrast fabric. I"ve made two of these now - one baby and the other from the kit from Confident Stitch. It sews up very quickly and really shows off a swirly quilting pattern. Truly... Kaffe fabrics were just made for this pattern (among many other patterns for sure!).
Hilary, I have seen that pattern before and I love it! ❤️ I can see how it would work beautifully with Kaffe fabrics--I'm sure yours with the yellow contrast fabric is beautiful!
Have you seen what Terry Rowland has done with Kaffe Fassett fabrics? Her temperature quilt. I wasn’t a fan of KF fabrics till I saw that one. But I need a little bit more uniformity in the blocks, so all my centers will be the sale size with the strips around all uniformally the same size. Hopefully then I won’t have to square my blocks, which I hate doing.
I have seen that---Kate at The Last Homely House talks about her "Terry blocks" all the time! 😂🤩 Very cool though!
I was at Bernina University in 2022, where they released their Kaffe Special Edition machines. Kaffe was the key note speaker, and one thing he said is that he doesn't sew. He only designs. His partner sews.
I don't know why, but that is just shocking to me! 😳😱
@@TheCatBirdQuilts It was shocking to all of us too
The green part of that fabric you don’t love would work in place of the black background. I don’t know if you have enough. The black background is coming off more earth toned in that array. I love the boldness and appreciate your evaluation of value and color.
Don't have enough green fabric, but that is a great suggestion! 🤓 Thank you, Prosie! ❤️
This was a fabulous video! Now to pair Kaffee with plaid, striped and/or small prints in my shirt stash. Very busy but I love the crazy idea. I’m thinking of the current Aussie quilt designs. Hmmm…
Plaid, stripes, small prints---oh my! Busy indeed! 😂 But also maybe awesome and cool! 😘🤓
I love all my Kaffe fat quarters yet struggle to use them because they're so wild. I want to use them all, and bring them together... It's hard for me because I'm far from wild, haha! Love seeing your fresh perspective on them and I learned from your process :)
I love combining his fabrics with the shot cottons, which always seem to have iridescent qualities to them!
I've heard that from other commenters, too, Sharon! Now I have to go check them out! ❤️
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I just bought 5 and may have to go get some KF to pair up with them! It doesn't look like we can share a photo on here.
Yes, unfortunately YT doesn't want you to be able to share photos with me. But you can on Instagram!
The last pattern is cabbage the vegetable.❤
LOL! Jo, as soon as I said "cabbage rose" on the video I thought, "or is it just a cabbage?!?"
What a fascinating design process. I was right there with you..I love the Kaffe fabrics too but didn’t really know what to do with them. The blues and teals/green and turquoises are beautiful…..but I think I am more drawn to the warm red tones on your back wall. Can’t wait to see what you come up with for them…….maybe I can come up with something too. Thanks for sharing…….as always.
Thank you, Barbara! (and I'm glad to know I'm not alone!) ❤️ Just you wait--I'm gonna do something with those reds soon! 🤩😍
I'm a lover of Kaffe's fabric and Brandon's too! I've used many of them in quilts over the years. I love the saturated colors and the bright bits that can draw your eye over a quilt. I've used the millefiori fabric in every color way multiple times! This will seem odd, but it can actually play the 'neutral' in the right quilt! I think your mix is great here! Your choice to omit the stripes was a good one. The value there is much lighter and the pattern itself will look odd among the more organic, random designs. I offer one suggestion: I think the aboriginal print paired with the blue will read as two solids, especially when you compare it with your other pairs, which clearly read as one solid with something else more colorful. It might be worth reconsidering.
I commend you for pushing outside of your "wheelhouse". I believe our greatest growth occurs when we can push our own edges! Push on!
I've watched many interviews with Kaffe because his work fascinates me so much. One of the best is a 2 part YT video by Fruity Knitting. It's a stunning interview in his home. He tells his story and talks some about the development of his color and design sense. Definitely worth watching!
Sister, funny you should mention the blue(ish) combination with the aboriginal print---I've had the same hesitation and wondered if I might reconsider the pairing. Not because it doesn't go, but because (exactly as you noticed, too) that it may read as one solid square instead of the square in a square that I've imagined. I've made a test block and I'm still on the fence---I might do another test block with a more contrasting center KF fabric and see which one I like better! ❤️🤓👍🏻
Auditioning is definitely the way to go!@@TheCatBirdQuilts
The KF fabrics are sooo vibrant 😮 and beautiful. But, they are not much in my imagining of quilt designs. Thanks for the tutorial. 🙂
CeCe I think they might be an acquired taste---they are beautiful for sure but I'm not sure I've acquired the taste, either.
I always enjoy your fabric-pull videos! And yes, I cna hear your mental wheels churning all the way up here in Chicago. All these colors are in my sweet spot. I've seen Kate Jackson of The Last Homely House wax rapturous bout Kaffe Fabrics. Can't wait to see these fabrics come together as a quilt.
Thank you, Beth! ❤️ I bet you can hear my wheels turning! We'll see how it comes together! (ps we watch and love Kate at TLHH too---and she definitely is a KF fan! )
Wonderful video! Thank you. I am saving a small group of KF fabrics and you have given me some inspiration. I have some with the the tiny round flowers and it reminds me of millefiori. Have a fun fabric Friday!
Thank you, Susan! ❤️ So glad you were inspired---if you're on IG, when you make your millefiori KF tiny round flower quilt, send me a photo! 🤓
Loved your thought process. Pat Sloan did a sew along using a book called
“The secret lives of colour”. Very interesting read, it talks how colors came about.
I will check it out, Peg! ❤️