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Fantastic….new fabric from Spoonflower

Last month Spoonflower had a fat quarter sale – buy one get one free (~50% off). I got a little carried away and ordered 42 fat quarters. What can I say – i love the designs available at Spoonflower.

On the weekend the fabric arrived. I am so excited and happy with my choices.

Here is an overview look at the delivery:

I did have a couple of projects in mind for some of the fabrics. For the Orange and Grey Quilt (that now has a splash of green), I was planning on using these:

For a purple quilt like this one, that I have in mind for a future project:

For my coffee cup sleeves that I am making for my work’s Craft fair, I was going to use these as a feature fabric:

And then there were just miscellaneous fantastic fabric that I loved, one being a Volkswagen print which my husband will love:

Work in Progress: Orange and Grey Quilt

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For this week’s work in progress, I wanted to share the quilt I am working on for our bedroom.

In the previous post, I was able to share the first 5 squares of 64 for this quilt, which was only doable as I discovered Spoonflower (found fabric prints that fitted with what we were looking for). Here’s a reminder:

Now the update, here are four more – I decided to introduce the a glimpse of green in amongst the see of orange and grey.

Here are some individual shots, just in case :-):

First time buyer from Etsy: New Fabrics

I have been looking around for fun fabrics to use in future projects, and I found what I was looking for on Etsy.com. Here are some of my new fabrics:

Shop: skyerevefabrics
Fabric: Fly a kite
Designer: October Afternoon for Riley Blake

Shop: fabric shoppe
Fabric: The Simple Life Quilt
Designer: Tasha Noel for Riley Blake

Shop: poppyseedfabrics
Fabric: Polka dots purple panda
Designer: Cosmo Japanese Prints

Shop: sewfreshfabrics
Fabric A: Chairs and Ottomans in Meadow from Perfectly Perched
Designer: Laurie Wisbrun

Fabric B: Castle Towers in Purple from 1001 Peeps
Designer: Lizzie House

Fabric C: Clothes Line on Cream from Lucy’s Crab Shack
Designer: Sweetwater for Moda

Fabric D: Put a lid on it in Charcoal from Retro Kitchen
Designer: Michael Miller Fabrics