Planning Celestial Dream

I spent some time with the Celestial Dream pattern and have come to some starting-point decisions for my project.

The original quilt is quite large -- 80" x 80" -- and has correspondingly very large applique shapes.  I'm going to scale everything down by 20% to make it more manageable for me.  Furthermore, my version will not include two of the side panels and will be rectangle instead of square.

Through my many years as a fabric collector, I've accumulated a beautiful assortment of woven shot cottons, acquired with this particular Bucket List project in mind.  I have every color of the rainbow in both yardage lengths and fat quarters, so this will be where I launch from.  I don't know yet if I'll stay only with these solids, or possibly get scrappier as things progress.

It is dreamy indeed to look at all these beautiful colors and start thinking about backgrounds and details.

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