The good part about hanging out with other quilters is that you learn new things from them. Several years ago, several of us were working on a quilt for a friend's daughter's upcoming wedding. It was a quilt pattern with fairly large blocks that featured a big center star. The perfect kind of pattern for a group quilt project.
We were all at the quilt store together, choosing fabric for this quilt. While we didn't have any problem choosing different color fabrics for the main part of the quilt, we were rather puzzled about what fabric we should pick for the center star. Kate showed us the fabric below, and told us it was the perfect fabric for the center star. I recall looking at it thinking, really?
So, we went back to Debby's house and started working on the quilt. We got to the part where we added the star, and sure enough, the gold fabric above was EXACTLY what we needed. It looked perfect! Hence, the perfect fabric was born. It pops up now and then in other projects.
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After a number of years of quilting with Kate, I have decided she has a true gift for choosing fabric.
And, on to other fabric, my sister Kay and my mom brought me back some different fabrics from the Houston quilt road trip.
Check this out:
Isn't this fabric great? This is my inspiration fabric for the quilt I am making to go with our new living room furniture. I love the colors in this fabric. There is just something about touching fabric that makes a true quilter smile. You know who you are out there.
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