I do not know why I do this to myself, I really don’t. I almost always choose some really difficult to find color when I am starting a new project. For Mimi’s Bloomers it’s that periwinkle blue that’s in the center of Miss Mimi. How was I supposed to know that periwinkle is not the “in” color this year. Argh!!!!
When I was working on the Sri Yantra quilt I needed something like 10 different red violets to make it work. Needless to say, red violet was not in that year. I’m sure all the Colorado quilt shop owners knew me as that crazed lady digging through their fabrics looking for red violet.
Luckily I have been able to dig up a few fabrics that will work. Shop owners…don’t worry.
Erin, I spend a lot of time looking for that perfect color or print for almost every project I make. It's the "thrill of the hunt" that makes designing a project fun!I'm glad you found some colors that will work.
Posted by: Peggy Anderson | 02/16/2012 at 08:24 AM
lol!! I've got a long-term UFO sooooo close to being finished, but I lack a yard of the setting fabric I have my heart set on using. It is, of course, no longer to found anywhere (a 2009 Deb Strain). I am determined to at least have that very particular kind of blue. Still hunting. I take the baggie of blocks and the yardage I'm trying to replace every time I go into a shop, and it's so recognized now, that the owners will just tell me as I walk in, "Yes, more blues arrived." (or "Not yet")
One day, I will find it!
Posted by: Lynette | 02/16/2012 at 08:31 AM
I feel your pain. One year I needed peach fabrics. Do you think I could find any? A few years later, peach was everywhere! I never did complete that project. It's in the bottom of a box somewhere in storage. Good luck!
Posted by: kaholly | 02/16/2012 at 08:44 AM
I have a confession to make. I have a severe periwinkle addiction and I have made it my life's work to buy all the periwinkle I can find. It is extremely hard to find for some reason.
So if you are having trouble finding it...oops I may have bought it all!! LOL
Posted by: kathleen | 02/16/2012 at 09:48 AM
you should learn to dye and print your own fabrics that way you never have to search again.
i started making my own fabric 4 years ago and have never looked back.
Posted by: kelly | 02/16/2012 at 11:07 AM
Love, love, love my Periwinkle and white bathroom. Would love to find fabric that exact color. Good luck to you!
Posted by: Tammy | 02/16/2012 at 11:35 AM
if you ever have trouble finding fabric to match have a look at the australian online sites we are always a season behind other countries :) i found that out when i order from the US and had to wait 3 months to bye more..
Posted by: mandy | 02/16/2012 at 08:24 PM