My try at What If I . . .

After being inspired by Victoria's post, What If I . . ., and Kathleen's post about her medallion quilts, I went into the studio this morning to begin a new project.  I set myself a challenge of creating fabric from only the first six fabrics I pulled from the top of my scrap box.  After playing with these lovely six fabrics, I came up with this.

 These fabrics came from a couple of quilts I am making as gifts.  I am glad they were the ones I pulled, but I really started out with no preconceived notions.  After I got this piece of fabric done, I cut it into uneven quarters. and started auditioning other fabrics to add.

First I tried dark blue batik.

Then I tried an ochre batik.  This was my favorite.

I put the cross pieces in and decided to use the same fabric for the first border.  I put the corner pieces in because I wanted to use more of this fabric.  It is from my favorite dress of all time.  I am going to use more of this fabric because I like it so much.  Then I found some 2 1/2 inch cool birds and decided I had to add another border so I could use them.  That is where I left things until tomorrow.  Who knows what might happen then.