It’s funny how fabric can inspire you as a sewist/quilter/junkie/whatever you want to call yourself.  

I’ve been thinking about this the past couple of days, after I posted the block I made for Valerie for PTQB to Flickr:

Valerie’s inspiration was this quilt and she sent out some Heather Ross Mendocino in the browns & aquas plus a couple other random fabrics.

And my brain immediately started whirling around in my head, trying to figure out what it wanted to do.  All because of the fabric.  I was excited! 

It’s so much easier to get excited about making a quilt block when you lurve the fabrics you were sent to play with.  As was the case in the situation.  I have a much more difficult time figuring things out when I’m not so into the fabric being sent.

Of course, not being restricted to a specific block certainly helps.  And when I saw that Jacquie added in some Hope Valley, I decided to copy that little trick AND add in a dash of Flea Market Fancy, plus a bit of my own Mendocino.

Apparently, a few other people love the fabric combo too, based on the Flickr comments and favoriting going on.  Which brightens my day even more!

Okay, I’m done now.