Don't you love to get a package of fabrics in the mail? (Or by any other method?) These pre-cut collections arrived today from the Fabric Square Shop.Below is "Oh-Cherry-Oh" by Me & My Sister Designs from Moda. I have lots of 1940-1950's-ish fabrics in my stash, and I'll add these to the mix to make some string quilts. That's the original plan anyway. We'll see what happens!
And I love all the Westminster/Rowan fabrics by Kaffe Fassett, Philip Jacobs, Martha Negley and those folks in the UK. All the colors and huge cabbage roses make me happy. I might just use these 6 1/2" squares "as is" for a simple one-patch quilt.
The 1930's style collection below is "Hello Betty" from Chloe's Closet by Moda. This is a layer cake (40 squares measuring 10" x 10"). I'm thinking about making some fast half-square triangles to create a baby quilt for the arrival of a friend's grand-daughter. The pinks and greens are a little brighter in real life than they appear in the photo.
Do you think my husband can expect a home-cooked meal tonight? Not likely! Happy quilting.Take a look at Laura Sampsel's pre-cut quilt fabric collections. She'll be restocking her selvage strip packages for sale too.
9 comments:
Nice fabrics. Can't wait to see how you use them.
SewCalGal
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Home. Cooked. Meal. Yeah, those words used to be in my vocabulary, too. :o)
Wow very nice fabrics. Love the 30's collection. Looks like you are going to be a little busy :-)
Very yummy candy packs you got!!!
Happy quilting :)
who doesn't like getting fabric in the mail???
Lots of pretty fabrics, you will busy sewing those up.
Ooh very jealous of your new stash! Lots of lovely colours. I would like to start saving my selvages to make something, can you tell me how much to you recommend to keep, a start just cutting an inch off, but thought maybe this isn't enough.
I would cut the selvage strips about 1 1/2 inches wide.
But some beautiful selvage creations are made with strips narrower than 1 inch, so there you go! Once you start using them, you'll know how wide you like them.
Have fun.
Karen
Fabric in the mail makes any day a good day!
Maybe you should just order pizza for dinner!
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