Last year at the beginning of June by husband Tim and I went to Santa Fe for the first time. We loved Santa Fe so much that we decided to go back again this year. Last year I did a small amount to fabric shopping (and purchasing). There was not enough room in our suitcases so I was only able to purchase a couple of yards but the response to the fabrics I did purchase was overwhelming . Folks really liked the southwest flavor of the items I made from this fabric. I carefully set aside some cash so that I could do some serious fabric shopping this year. In fact, I took along a small empty care on zipper bag just for my purchases.
Who thought I would find the time this week to update my blog what with all the craziness of getting ready to go on vacation but I an rather excited about this weeks project. I ran into a fat quarter sale the other week and so I pick up these 3 fabrics that I thought would make an interesting bowl. I didn't go whole hog and make a large bowl since I didn't know it I was going to like these colors once they were fashioned into a bowl. I ended up really liking the red and the orange together and found that out by working in an orange stripe in the base of the bowl. I could easily see that they did look nice together but what was lacking was some contrast. Since the orange fabric had not only a bit of red in it but also some green I thought I would separate the two colors with a green stripe. Once I took a look at it outside in the natural light, I found myself very attracted to it. Should I make another one but a bit bigger with the orange on the bottom and the red on the top? What came to mind is this photo of a multi colored scrap bowl my friend Margaret sent to me and I really loved this HUGE bowl she had made which had plenty of red, orange and green in it and also some yellow.
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Last year at the beginning of June by husband Tim and I went to Santa Fe for the first time. We loved Santa Fe so much that we decided to go back again this year. Last year I did a small amount to fabric shopping (and purchasing). There was not enough room in our suitcases so I was only able to purchase a couple of yards but the response to the fabrics I did purchase was overwhelming . Folks really liked the southwest flavor of the items I made from this fabric. I carefully set aside some cash so that I could do some serious fabric shopping this year. In fact, I took along a small empty care on zipper bag just for my purchases. 