Here are some pictures from my Office Supplies Challenge Project QUILTING entry:
Photo taken in ‘Magic Mode’ on my camera – quilt displayed on my red bedroom wall. 
a close up of the quilting, the spiral and the grommets
the back
My trip to the office supply store inspired me by the rows of binders and notebooks, the circles seen in the ends of the sharpees and pencils, great patterns and designs seen on folders and notebooks, the amazing colors seen in the markers and crayons.
From that I started out making a rainbow from various sized strips of fabrics. Then I fused on circles in those same colors in random spots all over the top. I quilted this piece with fun swirly circles - I really love the feel of close quilting. Then, I wanted to pull out the geometric feel of the circles as part of this piece so I added in some silver grommets.
The next thing I did, to mimic the spiral of a notebook was to weave through ring memory wire down the quilt. I loved how this looked but the quilt wasn't holding it's shape well as the memory wire wanted to scrunch back together. So, I found a curtain rod and put it through the back of the memory wire. Holes were drilled through the rod and I used wire to hold the memory wire at the right stretch to keep the quilt square. I really love how the rod shows up on each side of the quilt - adding another fun dimensional element.
Measures Approximately 19" x 15"
Created in Poynette, WI
by Kim Lapacek
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