My mil was cleaning out her stash and I took these fabrics because she didn't want them. They're interesting to contemplate. I had thought of taking the stripe and make a rail fence out of it...all I would have to do is cut out squares and sew together.

Anybody have some awesome ideas other than use it for a backing or a circus tent?

Thanks!

The stripe would make a great border for a kid's quilt.

I love those fabrics. I have both of them, and use them for borders in my QFK quilts.

I'll gladly take them if you don't want them!

Hugs,
MJ

They would make great pillow cases too!

I have some of the diamond one that I ampassing along to a quilting buddy to use for QFK's

maybe use it in border stips on a kids quilt

It would make really fun binding, too :D:D:D

They would make great borders on the bags that are made with the pet screen.
http://www.creations-online.com/neatstuff/petscreen.htm

We had some of that stripe and cut strips of it to tie on our luggage handles when we flew overseas. Made it much easier to locate our luggage on the other end -- just looked for the bright fabric. And there were 28 of us in this group, so we all used it, and it made check-in at the airports much quicker. Now, whenever I travel, no matter how or where, I find a bright, colorful piece of cotton to cut into a strip and tie to my bags. Makes life easier.

you can make pillow case,s ,borders, beach tote,s even as curtains in a kids room ,it,s very biright fun fabrics

I see a hot air balloon quilt!

Try not to laugh to hard but my daughter made herself sleeping pants out of the diamonds. If you are over about a size 0, I don't recommend the look.

That's what I was gonna say...There is a Hot Air Balloon Swap that's gonna go on later in the year, I think you need to sign up for it.

Mish

I took a class with John Willard at our local college, summer 2008. His class was titled "Spontaneous Geometrics" - he used fabrics like this that were SO effective.

A few of his quilts: http://www.connectionsfibreartists.c...ohnWillard.htm

In this one (Diamond Ring for Cathy - the second photo), the diamonds going around the circle are from a fabric like the second fabric you have, basically 'fussy cutting' - following a strip of the diamonds on the bias and because it's on the bias, it flows beautifully around the curved centre.

The strips make an awesome border - mitered makes it stunning!

Cheers,
Linda

LOL! I have the same fabrics. I used the stripe like a piano key border on a Halloween quilt and it came out so cute! I used both of the fabrics for a clown costume. They would make adorable hot air balloon appliques or butterflies.

Ok my first thought AFTER kids quilts was why not use a bunch of black fabric and make more a stained glass color type quilt using the diamonds for the center blocks and the stripes for the edge border? next of course would be beach bags, or grocery bags as well.. those groceries dont care at all what the fabric they ride in is.. library bags (totes) and well those Quiltsforkids seem pretty nifty.. on someone else posted here today on the pillow dresses for young girls in africa.. pretty colorful fabric for little ones and the pattern is a no brainer. I think there was even a request for haiti somewhere along the way too, orphans.. mailed to a place in the US that ships them all in one batch.. just a thought.

With the diamond one, maybe you could make a large star pattern (like lone star).

Great fabric

Sunglasses? I'd make a tote.

How about using it for like a "clown paper doll" quilt?

I'd use the striped, cut on the bias, as binding.
The diamonds I'd use as cheater cloth to make a charity quilt for a child.

I love love love the first one... great idea for the fence rail quilt ... would be awesome ...

It would look great as a border, but have you thought about using some to make a brightly colored summer tote?

I has similar stripe fabric. used it for a charity quilt.

I have seen a great child's quilt with Noah's ark theme with this exact fabric in it. It was beautiful. I don't even know how to direct you to it! But you could search baby quilts??

Yup - borders would be good. Rail fence would be good for the stripes with a narrow black inncer border and the harlequin for the outer border. Use black binding - wow!

I have the same strip fabric and some block fabric. I have some colored daisys in flowered block same colors that are in the strip-- I am making cushions for a linen bench in my bathroom--I like real brighr colors--and I am making a valance with the strip.

Quilts for Kids!!

I would cut strips (same width as the individual stripe), then re-assemble
into an Amish-like "Trip Around the World". You could do one big project
or individual 12" or so square blocks, and border them with black
sashings/outer border.

This is a fabric I could get into. I would use the ddiamond for the backing and incorporate some solid colors to match the strpes. Just squares of the strip and plain would be a great baby quilt or toddler quilt

lillybeck

Cut on the bias for binding makes it interesting. Tablecloth, napkins, pillowcases, anything for your picnic!

I am thinking a clown quilt using these as borders and/or clothes for the clown(s).

My suggestion is that you mail them to me! I love the bright colours. Seriously, they would look great in a rail fence and any child would love to have the quilt (and lots of adults too, for that mater!)

I love the diamonds - I used fabric like that for my son's Halloween costume because it reminded me of a clown! A child's quilt with a clown appliqued in the center and the stripe for the border would be so bright and fun!

I like fabrics like that for binding on children's quilts.

Don't know how you'd make an umbrella quilt, but that's what the stripe looks like to me. Maybe applique embrellas on a beach scene with a nearby picket fence. Lots of possibilities.

there is actually a pattern for circus animals on a train (I think, on a train) and it would be a blast to do an old fashiioned under the big top kind of quilt with these fabrics!!!

Hi, I believe I have the striped fabric in my stash someplace. I think it was called Joseph's coat. Today I was watching Sue Hausemen's show and she used a strip fabric (which would be cut on the crosswise grain), folded in half and used it as a ruffle to go with a quilt she was using with coordinating colors. It was very pretty. It was show #2913. It is a method I am going to try. :-D

wow are those bright. ya you could make quilts for children. God bless. Penny

does anyone have a source for the striped fabric? how wide are the stripes.