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16 Aug 2012

So Much Fabric and So Little Time

My trip to the Moda warehouse started VERY early in the morning. Please don’t think that I’m complaining, I feel fortunate to have Moda so close to where I live. Still and all, 5am is a little too early for my liking even for a sale. Kay took a couple of photos while we were there, but we were so focused on all of the beautiful fabric that we didn’t take too many.

This was just one of the rows we walked down. There was so much wonderful fabric, the patterns and the colors fantastic. Then we went to the other side of the warehouse where the Notions were stored…. WOW!

To say that we were kids in a candy store was an understatement. The warehouse was FILLED with what amounted to candy to us. Kay was so fun to watch as she moved from shelf to shelf, ohhing and ahhhing.

What I bought was NOWHERE near what I wanted to buy, but I thought I’d share it with you.

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22 Jun 2012

Shopping Day

Yesterday was a shopping day for me. I had specifically purchased fabrics for three quilts minus the backings, but had received a couple of coupons from Joann Fabrics for 30% in addition to any other discounts. So, off to the store I went where I found the Heidi Grace fabric collection.

This I thought would make a really nice queen size quilt. I ended up buying enough of the fabric to make a queen and a twin. My plan was to make a twin first as a sort of proof of concept and then make the queen. I had assumed that I could readily find a pattern for this fabric set… and that’s what I get when I assume! I laughed until I cried. I will find something suitable however and soldier on.

I also found a couple of quick nursery blanket kits that I intend on making for my nephew and niece:

And of course a shopping trip wouldn’t be complete without buying some more Jelly Rolls

There was another item I was able to pick up was some of my favorite Warm & White batting. Have you done any shopping lately?

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20 Jun 2012

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Jelly Rolls and Persian Plum Block 4

At lunch I slipped out to buy something from the fabric store, not out of need but there are a lot of sales going on and I just had to. After almost an hour of trying to decide between fabrics I ran across some jelly rolls. I used my last one that I received for Christmas for a quilt that my son absconded with recently. As I have no other jelly rolls at hand, I wanted to get some should the mood strike me. Let’s be honest, can you really ever have enough fabric?

On to Block 4 of the Persian Plum BOTM

So now onto the new block. This was definitely one of the easiest I had the pleasure of putting together! And the colors as usual were stunning and magnificent. If you were looking for a beautiful block this one turned out rather well. There is some cutting involved, so be aware.

And the finished piece!! Block 4 of 12, hey that’s means we’re already 1/3 the way there.

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19 May 2012

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My children are thieves

My third quilt to go missing is now in Maryland with my son who is in the Air Force. He was on his way to his new base and was visiting us for a week in between bases. I was in the process of putting together a Jelly Roll quilt from the fabric that my wife and daughter had bought me for Christmas.

And speaking of, when I pulled out the Jelly Roll from its wrapping it took me a while to realize what it was. It’s not like I haven’t seen one before, I had just never envisioned using one for a quilt. What’s a guy to do when you’re given something that you don’t know what to do with? I very politely said thanks, and put it away for a while in my fabric bin.

A couple of months later while I was looking to buy some quilt books (I have said before that I have a problem buying too many right?) I came across a dozen or so books on making Jelly Roll quilts. Naturally i bought a few and even purchased some magazines on the topic at a local fabric store.

The quilts featured in these publications certainly looked fun to make and something that I could maybe finish in a weekend. I was happy with how the quilt top turned out and sent it off to my wonderful Long Arm quilter. When I picked the quilt up after it was finished it had been transformed from a good quilt into a work of art.

It was at this point in the story that our son arrived. Like any good child who shows up just as the meal is being set to the table, or when the last nail is being driven home on a project, he shows up just as I’m putting the binding on my first Jelly Roll quilt. I have to say that the colors where more to his liking than some of the previous quilts that I had made, more… manly. Over the course of the week he made it clear how much he wanted it and in the end, I had to give in.