Fabric for Bookshelf Quilt
 

Hi, everyone! I'm starting to pick fabric for a bookshelf quilt. The gal I'm making it for wants colorful fabric with text and book titles (not necessarily the fabric with book spines). I've found a few things on Spoonflower, but not much of a variety.

Any ideas on a good search term or maybe designer? Carolyn Friedlander has a bunch of text prints, but they're architecture based, and low volume prints. Gorgeous, but not what I'm looking for.

Hmmm. I could make my own on Spoonflower, but that gets so pricey!

Thanks in advance!

I got some of this Timeless Treasures fabric to make a tote bag for a friend who is a librarian. It is very nice with gold accents. I used a woodgrain fabric for the lining and trim - kinda like a bookshelf. I bought mine locally but I found it online:

http://www.overrainbow.com/cgi-bin/S...214-multibooks

http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=494804&stc=1

A member of my guild made a wonderful bookshelf a few years ago that took best of show at at our quilt show and the state fair. She got her daughter to give her a list of her 100 favorite books and machine embroidered the title and author name on different fabrics - to look just like separate books. She also added decorate items on the shelves like framed pictures and vases and knick-knacks. I wish I had a picture, Wait, maybe I do, let me look.

Here it is, by Wilma Zucker, I think about 2009 at the Mid-Valley Quilt Gilde show.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/attachm...d=494807&stc=1

Skyangel - embroidering the book names of the books is a great idea. I was thinking of just writing the name on with pens. I was thinking of making books of different solid colors - just strips of different heights, with the rest of the height being the background of the bookcase, probably the same as the bookshelves. Try googling "bookcase quilts" - you should find a number of examples.

Thank you, ladies! Embroidery is a great idea. I'm also going to make some blocks from the Harry Potter Project of Doom.

eBay has the same TT fabric but in different lengths for sale.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...Panel&_sacat=0

I made a bookshelf Wallhanging. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t221363.html

I used batiks for the spines of the books. I googled for images of the books and printed the names on fabric. The recipient loved it!

Ooo! Ebay! Printing on fabric! Genius.

Skyangel, the photo didn't come through. I would love to see it if you could try again, as I was thinking of doing the same thing with the knick knacks!

Thank you so much for this idea! I passed it along to my friend and she loves the batiks and the title idea!!!

I love this forum! :D