Ms. Ross picked out some good stuff: sushi, toadstools, bicycles, dogs, ice cream trucks... and she even included a white tank with a patch of farmer's market sewn on the front, which magically fits me.
Fast forward about a month later, and I was trolling the arts and crafts section on Craigslist. You may or may not remember that I got my amazing Singer 201 on Craigslist for next to nothing. There's of course plenty of junk listed, but then I came across a posting listed "highest quality Westminister fabric, $3 a yard". Yes, it read Westminister instead of Westminster, but I let it slide. I drove to a far suburb, and to my delight, a young mom who had a baby boutique selling baby slings decided to shift her focus, so she wanted to liquidate her HEATHER ROSS LIGHTNING BUGS fabric. For yes, three. dollars. a. yard. She had the orange and blue stripe, and the polka dots in a few colours. And I happily bought a ton. I decided that two Heather Ross encounters-- both serendipitous, to me at least-- warranted a quilt of my very own. So here's what I've started:
I think this is the only time I'd consider sushi, mushrooms, dogs, campers, ice cream trucks and a ton of stripes and polka dots coordinating fabrics (click to enlarge).But what to do about the setting? I'm thinking about sashing it in either this:
or Joelle Hoverson's gorgeous peachy Net of Jewels, which is sort of like shot cotton:
Or, there's always white kona cotton. But I do that a lot. What do you think? Are the dots too busy? Or could it look as great as the cover of Material Obsession? (I kid, I kid-- there's no way it'll ever look half as amazing as that quilt. But I do love the polka dots...)
holy crap, super jealous, I was totally on vacay when the magic fabric opportunity arose! Mushrooms, I can't believe you got mushrooms! I'm a wimp, so I would probably go with the orange - plus, won't the shot cotton add a little bit of a different texture? I would bind in the dots though :)
ReplyDeleteYou have been one lucky quilter, Rachael! Good for you! I like the peach and the dots for binding, like Michelle said. What a fun quilt!! And I thought one set of Munki Munki jammies was lucky! ;-)
ReplyDeleteWow - what luck!! I think white might calm it down a bit, with setting squares of fussy cut HR goodness (like this: http://ilovebabyquilts.blogspot.com/2009/08/finns-quilt-finished.html)
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