Creating Big Block 3 in my La Pass/Nova...
Visiting my family in Florida- my sis really surprised me with the gift of an Indian chief from Tula Pinks Spirited Animals line.
Spirit Animal had a real roller coaster of a release. The primary fabric in the collection was pulled after pressure from Native Americans... once it was leaked the Indian chief created was meant to be female.
Here is TP initial words she shared about the collection:
Spirit Animal
by Tula Pink ~ FreeSpirit Fabrics
Once upon a time there was an undiscovered island that evolved for thousands of years beyond the burdensome limitations of reality. Imagination was both currency and religion in this place. You could be anything that you wished as long as you had the daring to imagine it so. The animals didn’t know that they were supposed to be brown so they dressed themselves in shades of purple, orange, pink and green. Every being was the ruler of their own reality and existed solely within the make believe of their own minds, because they could dream it then it would become real here. One day a princess of her own reality, having spent the morning in the usual way, cuddling with grizzly bears and lounging on rocks with otters came to lie in a field of wildflowers. Yearning for conversation but too comfortable to seek it out she began to speak aloud to no one in particular. As she paused to collect her thoughts, the field that she lay in spoke back. The wild flowers that cocooned her had imagined themselves as her friends and the magic of the island had made it so. The wild flowers told her of a place where she could mine for stone to make the jewelry and elaborate trinkets that she so loved. This stone contained the essence of the island and was where new inhabitants were developed and honed over years, crafted from the very thing that made everything here so special.
There have been rumors and questionable sightings of this place going back through the cen- turies. Once, an explorer even claimed to have captured some of this magical stone from the island itself but as he sailed away from the island the stone began to lose it’s color, the sparkle that was once so blinding began to fade and by the time he landed on the shores of his own home it had turned into nothing more than a plain gray rock. No one believed this traveler as he had no proof to speak of and his wild stories of vibrant color and self aware foliage was chalked up to too many months on the open sea. His tales became the stuff of fiction, going the way of mermaids and dragons but he knew in his heart what he had seen and that he would never, ever forget it.
"Spirit Animal is a vibrant and personal collection of prints that I designed with the power of imagination in mind. I often find myself exhausted by the limitations of the world we live in, so I imagined a world in which the creative mind was not bound by such mundane things. On the following page you will find a little story that I wrote to go with the fabric col- lection followed by pages of prints and projects. I am so proud to offer this and the many other new products designed ex- clusively for the independent fabric and quilt shops that I love so much!
I have been a part of this industry since long before I put my name on cloth and called myself a fabric designer. I am first and foremost an enthusiast. I love quilting and I love fabric and my intention is always to deliver the best possible product that I am able. My hope is that you see that passion in these pages in the form of fabrics certainly but also in woven rib- bons, thoughtful notions and inspirational books and a brand new machine embroidery collection all carefully crafted to create a complete sewing experience for both the retailer and
the consumer. Enjoy!
With Gratitude..."
BUT
Eventually, It was released as pictured above with the following explanation:
Anyways... I consider myself all caught up on the background and tensions that surrounded this stunning fabric release and was thrilled when my sister gifted me this small piece of fabric that I knew- just had to be a center of a large rosette!I had already created an outer ring... now I had to make a decision on the inner...
I've collected so much from this release that it was hard to decide what to use initially...
Eventually, I focused the center on the purples...And surrounded the chief with Lunar glow "Bear Hug"
I added "Otter and Chill" diamonds for 3rd round...
Fourth ring created with Re-tweet Aurora
Initially I had planned on rounding it out like this... 
But then I changed my mind and decided I love the fabrics in this series so much and had nearly the whole collection! So I decided to make it my third large ring. AND to go BOLD!
