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Have you done a Fabric survey?
Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last
week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. April SW Washington |
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CPI (Aprshowers @ work) wrote:
Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. I go through periods where I aquire more of one type of fabric, at the expense of other types. Right now I seem to be buying batiks and plaids. That will change, I am sure... Overall, I have more vintage fabric and feedsacks than any other category. I haven't been buying vintage fabric lately, because it just too expensive. If I find a feedsack at a good price, less than five or six dollars, I will buy it. I bought one last month, so they are still out there... lisae |
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Right now i have just a wee little bit of everything. I have a Lot of
Christmas but as much as possible of it is going to be used in the stuff for the Christmas Bazaar. Other than Christmas, I have a few border prints that I am trying to gather coordinating materials for and make some quilts like in the "Clever Quilts" book. I don't have "clever quilts too" yet. With not having a job I have no money to go buy stash so I am trying to get creative with what I have. I participate in several swaps, so I am trying to use find stuff to use those materials in. I think after Christmas I will end up with several scrappy quilts. I also have friends giving me old gently used jeans to use in raggy quilts. Babs Queen of Hot Stuff CPI (Aprshowers @ work) wrote: Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. April SW Washington -- "Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment." --Barry LePatner |
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What do you do with your feedsacks? I have two that i've had for a couple years and
i have no clue what to do with them? I'm not particularly attached to them, so i'd be willing to let them go...but if i could find a good use, I'd be happy. -- Jalynne Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Lisa Ellis" wrote in message ... CPI (Aprshowers @ work) wrote: Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. I go through periods where I aquire more of one type of fabric, at the expense of other types. Right now I seem to be buying batiks and plaids. That will change, I am sure... Overall, I have more vintage fabric and feedsacks than any other category. I haven't been buying vintage fabric lately, because it just too expensive. If I find a feedsack at a good price, less than five or six dollars, I will buy it. I bought one last month, so they are still out there... lisae |
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Jalynne wrote:
What do you do with your feedsacks? I have two that i've had for a couple years and i have no clue what to do with them? I'm not particularly attached to them, so i'd be willing to let them go...but if i could find a good use, I'd be happy. Well, you can always give them to me... Seriously, I like to use feedsacks, and I know you could use yours. I've made several quilts using feedsacks only. One is a teacup quilt and the other is a teapot quilt. I like to mix feedsack material with other vintage fabric (from the 30's & 40's). Feedsacks with larger paterns can make spectacular borders. They also make very nice quilt backs, as they are soft. I bought two really nice feed sacks with winged cherubs - those got used for a back because they were too wonderful to cut up. The quilt top has a high percentage of feedsack material (rescued blocks) and the finished quilt is very soft and cuddly. Another thought, plain feedsacks are nice to use as a foundation for string blocks. You can also dye them - I've done that to get material to use for a quilt back. lisae, who really, really likes feedsacks... |
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Wanna trade? If you can use them, i'd sure like for them to go to a good home.
Contact me privately Craftigirl at earthlink dot net -- Jalynne Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Lisa Ellis" wrote in message ... Jalynne wrote: What do you do with your feedsacks? I have two that i've had for a couple years and i have no clue what to do with them? I'm not particularly attached to them, so i'd be willing to let them go...but if i could find a good use, I'd be happy. Well, you can always give them to me... Seriously, I like to use feedsacks, and I know you could use yours. I've made several quilts using feedsacks only. One is a teacup quilt and the other is a teapot quilt. I like to mix feedsack material with other vintage fabric (from the 30's & 40's). Feedsacks with larger paterns can make spectacular borders. They also make very nice quilt backs, as they are soft. I bought two really nice feed sacks with winged cherubs - those got used for a back because they were too wonderful to cut up. The quilt top has a high percentage of feedsack material (rescued blocks) and the finished quilt is very soft and cuddly. Another thought, plain feedsacks are nice to use as a foundation for string blocks. You can also dye them - I've done that to get material to use for a quilt back. lisae, who really, really likes feedsacks... |
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I have lots of Southwest type prints..I need more, lol. I need more solids.
I have a fair amount of batiks now. It seems that a lot of my stash is mostly fat quarters. I joined a fabric club about ten years ago when I first became interested in quilting. I can't imagine ever using some of that stuff. Some of it is strange; i.e. harlequin prints, circus prints, and some other stuff that I don't even know what to call it. Sherry Starr "CPI (Aprshowers @ work)" wrote in message ... Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. April SW Washington |
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I have the most in purples right now but working on building up my greens
and blues. Also planning on a small collection of plaids for a courthouse steps quilt -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068 "CPI (Aprshowers @ work)" wrote in message ... Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. April SW Washington |
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As I look to see what I have, its mostly greens.. tone on tones.. but also
an equal number of Christmas sort of things.. holly and such. But, not all that much of either. The biggest bulk of my stash is made up of bits and pieces *aka scraps* of every shape, color, hue, tone and design Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "CPI (Aprshowers @ work)" wrote in message ... Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. April SW Washington |
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If I count Halloween in with other novelties, then Novelties would be my
biggest category. However, I don't do it that way - Halloween is it's own category. :-) So, I think my biggest category is Bold/Graphic prints. Or maybe it's Celestial prints. There is some overlap in those categories, too. Colorwise, red and purple are the biggest categories, with orange following closely behind. Pink's coming along the inside, looking for an opening to make her move... The category most likely to enlarge is Vintage. Not repros, but the real thing. I have several spies out looking for these for me, too! If only the budget would allow a major indulgence....(wistful sigh) -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "CPI (Aprshowers @ work)" wrote in message ... Snowflake heaven.....I'm still in the clouds. Yes, it did snow here last week. Had to do a fabric survey. Come to find out I have more snow fabric then anything else. Wonder why? LOL Second place goes to Strawberries? I just might have to add more berries to make it a tie! Snowflakes and Strawberries seems to be what I collect. WOO I think I just came up with a NEW title for myself. Do you see it? What do you have more of; solids - more blue or red or green, prints - floral or novelty or animals? Lets take a survey, I'd love to see what others collect. This might make the squishie more fun, too. April SW Washington |
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