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Fabric ALWAYS inspires me!!
I have to hand it to fabric designers, because they come
up with some of the most beautiful designs for their
fabric lines. And no matter what frame of mind I'm in,
when I look at fabrics I can’t help but get ideas! So when
I was told to go on the Northcott website to pick out the
fabrics I wanted to use this week I was a bit like a kid in a
candy store. What to choose??? The ColorWorks Concepts
line has some really amazing panels that can be used
as is or cut up into any shape. Nellie and I had already
designed one quilt with this line, but we designed it in
EQ7 with digital images, without seeing or touching
the actual fabric. Our pattern is called Modern Vibe and
when we actually received the fabrics and made the
quilt we just LOVED it!! Northcott hung our sample in
their booth at last year’s Fall Quilt Market.
This time I was going “old school” and was going to get
the fabrics to play with BEFORE I designed something
with them. I was so excited and when I looked at the
website I knew that I wanted to use the panel with the
New York Beauty design.
ColorWorks Concept Panel #20813-99
Now to wait for the fabric…
So I emailed Elaine at Northcott to give
her my list of fabrics. Although I have no
idea what I’m going to make I asked for
one panel and 1 yard of four other fabrics.
I figured that would give me enough
variety and enough yardage to make
SOMETHING. Now to wait for the fabric to
arrive. But at least I’m now in the mood
to create and I can’t wait to get started.
Hopefully you can use some of my 3 ways
to spark your quilting creativity.
Christine Baker
Northcott, Modern Vibe by Upper Canada Quiltworks 51" x 77"
Mod Squad Panel
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