The replicated fabrics I designed through Spoonflower, in order to repair the Horsie quilt that I bought at Lorah's auction!
I altered several of the files before ordering full yard pieces- all of the above were reduced (some drastically) from the sample swatch size. I did try to *dirty* up the horse pattern but that didn't work so well. I'll have to stain the fabric manually.
The new print is just a tad bigger than the original, but still a good enough match.
This one is closer to the proper size, though still a bit large.
In case you're adding up a mental total- that's $7.50 for the quilt, $5 @ for 5 sample swatches, and $16.50 @ for 1 yard each of the 5 fabrics...I'm thinking of it in the nature of an experiment, not a cost effective way to deal with an auction bargain...
I won't get to any of the repair work until we get back from SoCal, but I'm looking forward to tackling this project.
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Tea works really well for making things be not white. My sitting room is sort of daguerreotype colors, and my daughter made me a WHITE antimacassar. I put it on my couch to be polite, but I couldn't stand it. Finally I made a big pan of weak tea and dipped it in, hoping that it wasn't ruined and that she wouldn't notice. It came out great - just a little off-white. She didn't notice,and now it doesn't scream at me every time I come into the room.
I do so love living vicariously through your Spoonflower fun :^)
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