see this henry glass shirting fabric? it's the background for my red/cream northwind. about 6 years ago, i was at a shop in north conway, nh, and bought 1 yard of this fabric in red and 1 yard in navy blue. on my return to maine, i had second thoughts and decided i'd need more. i called the shop and requested 2 yards more of each. they still had red but none of blue. i promptly ordered 2 yards of red and eventually found the blue online and also ordered 2 yards. when the red arrived, the design on the red was a teensy bit smaller, exact same but again, smaller. no big deal. the blue, however, came as more of an aquamarine blue, not navy, despite being pictured as such. i was disappointed. eventually i used some of the blue, swapped some and gave some as a gift. the red i kept for the northwind. if i hadn't mentioned it, i'm pretty sure nobody would notice unless one looked very close. even if it's noticed, it really doesn't matter.....no quilt police here! the best news is l won't have much left after finishing this quilt top...almost completely busted!Saturday, September 3, 2011
a fabric's tale
see this henry glass shirting fabric? it's the background for my red/cream northwind. about 6 years ago, i was at a shop in north conway, nh, and bought 1 yard of this fabric in red and 1 yard in navy blue. on my return to maine, i had second thoughts and decided i'd need more. i called the shop and requested 2 yards more of each. they still had red but none of blue. i promptly ordered 2 yards of red and eventually found the blue online and also ordered 2 yards. when the red arrived, the design on the red was a teensy bit smaller, exact same but again, smaller. no big deal. the blue, however, came as more of an aquamarine blue, not navy, despite being pictured as such. i was disappointed. eventually i used some of the blue, swapped some and gave some as a gift. the red i kept for the northwind. if i hadn't mentioned it, i'm pretty sure nobody would notice unless one looked very close. even if it's noticed, it really doesn't matter.....no quilt police here! the best news is l won't have much left after finishing this quilt top...almost completely busted!
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Isn't it interesting--the differences in "the same" fabric. It does feel good to finally use something up that you have had for a very long time. I felt that way about a lot of the florals that went in the Floribunda quilt in my last post.
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