Sometimes, you have an idea of what colors and fabrics will work, and when you get it all cut out, you have to take a step back and make some adjustments. That’s what happened with this block.
I picked out the fabrics above, starting with the homespun plaid.
I made the units for that part of the block first, and then I cut out the rest of the fabrics. When I laid them out, this is how those originally looked, minus the top two pieces which were in the sewing machine.
And I didn’t like the similar values of the pieces when I saw them cut out like this. So I started pulling other fabrics and cutting.
I really wanted to use the green and tan print, because it reflected the colors in the plaid so well. But I still wasn’t happy with it, even when I pulled in some reds (which are also in the plaid) for the third round of squares. It was just too busy.
After trying one or two other fabrics, I settled on putting the tan teeny floral print back in the second round of squares, and I like the overall look of the block much better now. It may not matter in the grand scheme of things when I begin putting all of the blocks together (whenever that will be), but it does when just looking at this on its own.