Happy Needle and Thread Thursday, friends! You know, I'm a huge cheerleader for making quilts entirely from stash, and I've done it many, many times. The next best thing is using stash for most of the quilt, and filling in the gaps with purchased fabric for background, backing, etc. And I enjoy doing that too. My stash isn't huge, but it has a well-rounded rainbow of color that gives me plenty of options. Then, there are some times that I just open my fabric cabinet and no matter how long I stare at it, I can't come up with anything I really want to make. When that happens, I know it's time for me to do a little fabric shopping.
Last week's party had some really wonderful links, like this beauty from Julie's Quilts and Costumes-
And Linda at Kokaquilts shared this fantastic kaleidoscope quilt. Hooray for getting rid of a UFO!
There were SO many choices this week. Y'all are really rocking it in the new year! Let's get our party going!
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*If you're new to the party, here's a helpful tip for linking up- select "Auto Crop" when selecting your thumbnail photo. For some reason, trying to crop your own image results in the dreaded "white question mark box," and we definitely want to see your awesome work! :)
That's a beautiful fabric pull. I like adding to a bundle, too, because they are often heavy on mid tones and could use some balancing out. It will be fun to see what it inspires you to make. It's feeling like spring here with all the crazy amount of rain we have received (with more in the forecast) and our hills are green already. So strange!
ReplyDeleteLovely fabrics! Can’t wait to see what you do with them.
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A gorgeous fabric pull Kelly. And thanks for the shout out too. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI have a seriously dysfunctional stash because when I started quilting I just bought tons and tons of fat quarters and half yards pieces of every print I thought was pretty. Nothing goes together, I don't have enough of any one style or collection to actually make anything with it, and I don't have any solids or blenders in sufficient quantity to pull magic out of the stash, either. Live and learn! I sneak bits of those stash fabrics in here and there when I can, but most of it will probably still be sitting unused when I die. Hey, imagine if quilters were buried in tombs like Egyptian kings, and we all had outer chambers of our pyramids full of our sewing machines and fabric stashes so we could work on our UFOs in the Afterlife?! ;-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fabrics
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice, well-rounded rainbow of colors you've pulled. I don't know how you go about finding inspiration about what to make, but personally, I find that chasing down a challenge, or following some prompt/idea that another quilter has come up with is a motivator for me. I can't join-in on your linky shares because I always share a book review alongside quilt-y stuff, but you've sure found some beauties to share this week. Well done, quilters!
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