Rugged nature inspired these watercolour-like designs by Deborah Edwards and Melanie Samra for Northcott. This panel design of deer in the forest (first photo), in browns, blues and greys, is part of a new range that features deer in the forest and beautiful woodland textures. Although inspired by Canadian landscapes, it reminds me very much of the landscape of the Scottish Highlands. The digitally printed patchwork fabrics really show off their distinctive watercolour style beautifully, and would look superb in a patchwork with the other fabrics in the collection (photos 2 - 9), to coordinate with sashiko, or as a blender for other projects. Digitally printed.
Panel size 30 x 43in (76 x 109cm)
Patchwork weight cotton.
100% cotton
DP27584-10 'Highland view' by Northcott deer & landscape - panel
Q - I bought a printed patchwork panel (not a sashiko panel) but it isn't printed square. What can I do?
A - This a great video from Mike Flynn from QT Fabrics showing you how to deal with panels or fabrics that have been pulled out of true because of the way they are packed onto the bolt for quilt shops. The info and tips he gives is true of all patchwork panels, not just those from QT - the panels are printed square, but the way the machine pulls them onto the folded bolt card for shops to stock pulls the fabric out of true a little. Especially for large panels, you want to get them back into true.
NB - don't do this with a sashiko panel or anything with wash out stitching lines, or you will remove the lines! Just ease those back into shape with a bit of gentle tugging, and square them up after you've stitched them.
