Remember Orbit?
Okay, let me refresh your memory...
A few months back, I bought a book that I fell in love with...
We Love Color compiled by Susan Woods...
It sure is a fantastic book! The best part about it according to me?
Well, I have said this often and here I am saying it again - I do not get the beautiful quilting fabric that most of you guys use here in India! I know you all are going to tell me that I get some of the most fabulous fabrics here - the ones that you'll die for! But we always desire for that, that we cannot get! Isn't that the rule of life?
So, I dont get the beautiful quiltign fabric here! But Solids! I get them like none of you!
Here's just a glimpse of what a blouse piece store looks like - Do any of you have a fabric store with THAT many colors?
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So solids is something that I can do without having to wait for 2-4, sometimes even 8 weeks before I get to see the fabric in my hands!
Apart from that, the fact that the quilts actually were popping out from the pages was also a contributing factor!
So I settled on making something that I had never attempted! The Orbit quilt by Jennifer Sampou... I loved it! I decided not to attempt the whole thing and let myself down! So I made it into a 16" x 16" mini quilt instead!
And here it is :
It did involve a lot of dense quilting... I had never done anything so close before (I did attempt it afterwards though)
It came out beautiful! And I'm totally proud of it!
Okay, let me refresh your memory...
A few months back, I bought a book that I fell in love with...
We Love Color compiled by Susan Woods...
It sure is a fantastic book! The best part about it according to me?
Well, I have said this often and here I am saying it again - I do not get the beautiful quilting fabric that most of you guys use here in India! I know you all are going to tell me that I get some of the most fabulous fabrics here - the ones that you'll die for! But we always desire for that, that we cannot get! Isn't that the rule of life?
So, I dont get the beautiful quiltign fabric here! But Solids! I get them like none of you!
Here's just a glimpse of what a blouse piece store looks like - Do any of you have a fabric store with THAT many colors?
So solids is something that I can do without having to wait for 2-4, sometimes even 8 weeks before I get to see the fabric in my hands!
Apart from that, the fact that the quilts actually were popping out from the pages was also a contributing factor!
So I settled on making something that I had never attempted! The Orbit quilt by Jennifer Sampou... I loved it! I decided not to attempt the whole thing and let myself down! So I made it into a 16" x 16" mini quilt instead!
And here it is :
It came out beautiful! And I'm totally proud of it!
I'm linking it up on the Craft Buds Craft Book Challenge...
If you have made anything from a craft book in 2012, go ahead and enter it!
Have fun!
Cheers!!!
That is beautiful. I wish I could create something like that.
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant! Fabulous finish!
ReplyDeleteShruti, this is gorgeous! I love the contrast of the neutral background and the pop of colored fabric and thread in the circle. Thanks for linking up to Craft Book Month. :)
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is gorgeous! What a great job. And I think I would faint if I went into a store like that.
ReplyDeleteVery Cool!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! For the store photo: OMG! :-D
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Well done.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely beautiful!!! and the quilt store by my mom's house probably has around that many solids - i just call her and describe ranges of colors i want and she goes and buys them for me :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I just checked out that book from my library, and love it so much I may have to buy it! That fabric is amazing! I live in a rural town in the US, and it's hard for me to find fabric I love sometimes too. That book is very versatile!
ReplyDeleteStunning!
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