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Enjoy "Color My World" by Wendy Williams - This beautiful quilt is constructed of soft and textural shot cottons from Windham fabrics on a richly patterned background. It offers so many opportunities for personalization through both embellishment and quilting- you could add house numbers, decorations, people, pets, garden flowers- there are so many ways to make this quilt truly your own!

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TOPIC: Background fabric

Background fabric 24 Jan 2021 09:24 #154005

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Is the background fabric Art History 101 actually a panel? Trying to locate some and it's sold per panel. I'm not sure if this is the correct fabric or not.
Not a panel. It's bought by the yard.

It is a wonderful fabric, but unfortunately it's sold out. The Quilt Show said once sold out it's gone. I've searched and there is a canvas copy, but would be too heavy. I did read one post awhile back someone found it at a certain shop, so may want to scroll or try to do a better search, but it's prob gone by now. I heard Alex Anderson say on a (think it was current?) youtube vid that they may be getting more kits in March? Not sure if they would be the same fabrics.
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Background fabric 24 Jan 2021 01:28 #153999

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ann49 wrote:
Is the background fabric Art History 101 actually a panel? Trying to locate some and it's sold per panel. I'm not sure if this is the correct fabric or not.
Not a panel. It's bought by the yard.
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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 23:09 #153685

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Great!! Thanks for all your help Linda, I appreciate it. Good luck with your quilt.
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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 22:40 #153683

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If one was to use different fabrics for the backgrounds of the houses in the inner circle and the outer circle, do you know how much fabric of the 4+ yards would be needed for the inner circle sky background? Thanks.

See this post:

thequiltshow.com/forum/bom-2021-color-my-world/9285-how-to-use-two-different-background-fabrics#151663

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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 21:56 #153681

If one was to use different fabrics for the backgrounds of the houses in the inner circle and the outer circle, do you know how much fabric of the 4+ yards would be needed for the inner circle sky background? Thanks.
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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 16:32 #153666

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I have looked at the picture of the fabric on the Quilt Show site where they are selling the kits and it looks pretty much the
same to me. It might just be the piece that I used has darker markings or the display board that I have them on
is white.
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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 14:34 #153653

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They look great! Do you think the canvas is less white than the correct fabric? Or is it just your other background fabric making it look creamier?
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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 12:33 #153648

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A40E9C31-E136-445C-9264-662F94EA86A7.jpeg

Just practicing inserting and attachments.
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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 12:10 #153645

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To japarkes: these are a couple of practice houses I have done. The one on the right is made with the Art History 101 canvas.
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Background fabric 15 Jan 2021 07:04 #153629

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Great! Could you post a pic? I would love to see it.
Thanks!!
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Background fabric 14 Jan 2021 19:48 #153610

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I made a Small House #2 with it and It seems to have worked fine, it is good to work with and only just a little
Thicker. It does seem to have a looser weave to it so I wouldn't prewash it because I think it would ravel ( or fray) quite a bit.
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Background fabric 13 Jan 2021 20:05 #153553

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I will be very interested to hear how you go. Please let me know.
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Background fabric 13 Jan 2021 19:25 #153551

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I have gotten some of the canvas in the Art History 101 as it was the only piece I could find of this fabric, and I was surprised to see that it is not a heavy as I thought it
would be. It is not like "canvas" at all. I am planning to do a practice house to see how it will work.
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Background fabric 13 Jan 2021 18:34 #153547

sebberts wrote:
4.25 yards of fabric seem like a lot yardage is some of it for backing

No, none is for backing. One yard is the final border, the rest is used for piecing

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