2020 Fabric Moratorium
10-20-2020, 06:00 PM
#1041
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 2,807
Teen: Great restraint at JoAnns. I can’t remember when I was there last.
WMUTeach: I’m sad the fabric store closed but you got an awesome deal. Enjoy sewing with your new fabric and working with your new tools.
WMUTeach: I’m sad the fabric store closed but you got an awesome deal. Enjoy sewing with your new fabric and working with your new tools.
10-21-2020, 07:54 AM
#1042
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 835
Originally Posted by WMUTeach
Please shop and you can have 50% off everything." The owner of the shop passed away very recently but we had no idea the store was closing its' doors. This was a long standing business in town. So sad to see this top quality Bernina dealer and fabric shop go by the way because no one wanted to buy the business. The owner taught classes, was a stunning long armer and carried a good selection of top quality fabrics and on and on. Well $350 dollars later....
10-21-2020, 10:57 AM
#1043
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Between the dashes of a tombstone
Posts: 12,716
Originally Posted by WMUTeach
Is this true confessions or a celebration for the bargains I walked into? This morning I went to a local quilt shop to pick up some fleece for donation projects. As the three of us were loading our cars, the manager of the store came to us and said, "This is the last day the shop will be open. Please shop and you can have 50% off everything." The owner of the shop passed away very recently but we had no idea the store was closing its' doors. This was a long standing business in town. So sad to see this top quality Bernina dealer and fabric shop go by the way because no one wanted to buy the business. The owner taught classes, was a stunning long armer and carried a good selection of top quality fabrics and on and on. Well $350 dollars later, I walked to my car with 6 yards of wide back and 36+ yards of miscellaneous fabrics, to deepen the color selection of my stash. I also purchased a collection of little odds and ends that I always said I would buy sometime later. Today was later! I have quilting gloves, fabric pen, a 16" square up template and on and on. You get the idea. I feel blessed and thrilled to have some new fabrics to work with this winter all at a beautiful discount. It makes all my efforts to use only my stash this year all worth it.
10-22-2020, 09:12 PM
#1045
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,867
The wedding quilt going to Japan. It's much deeper colored than the picture. The pattern was a mystery quilt here on the QB by Paint Me Judy. I added the sashing and cornerstones - it was too confusing without them in my colors. I made most of the blocks five years ago while I was having a new floor laid. I only purchased the black for sashing and the black/white dots to fill in the back.
Last edited by Irishrose2; 10-22-2020 at 09:17 PM.
10-23-2020, 04:31 PM
#1047
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Southwest Idaho
Posts: 5,999
Beautiful wedding quilt, Irish!
I don’t know about you, but, over the years I have collected small project kits and have never made them. I have a couple of small totes full of them....So, I decided to make one a month... here is the first one. Tiny pillows, of course. Pre-printed fabric with elements of applique and hand embroidery. I actually added the chenille yarn trim on 3 of them from my stash..
I don’t know about you, but, over the years I have collected small project kits and have never made them. I have a couple of small totes full of them....So, I decided to make one a month... here is the first one. Tiny pillows, of course. Pre-printed fabric with elements of applique and hand embroidery. I actually added the chenille yarn trim on 3 of them from my stash..
10-24-2020, 12:39 AM
#1049
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Northeastern Indiana
Posts: 2,800
You quilters are doing so good and I just fell off the wagon. I have such a hard time resisting gold and silver streaked fabric. I did pass up the fabric store on my way to the bank....well sort of...Once it was closed.
10-24-2020, 04:08 AM
#1050
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
Posts: 5,752
Irishrose- the quilt is gorgeous, they’ll love it!
Teen- those are some cute pillows.
I’ve been stuck in crafting doldrums for the past few weeks. I think it’s because the Big Butterfly UFO is still unfinished. I’ve had more problems with that one quilt than with anything else I've ever done. So I decided to take yet another break from it and try to finish some placemat UFOs. With careful cutting, I had enough fabric in my stash to make the binding for the placemats. Yay!
Now to put it on and stitch it down.
Rob
Teen- those are some cute pillows.
I’ve been stuck in crafting doldrums for the past few weeks. I think it’s because the Big Butterfly UFO is still unfinished. I’ve had more problems with that one quilt than with anything else I've ever done. So I decided to take yet another break from it and try to finish some placemat UFOs. With careful cutting, I had enough fabric in my stash to make the binding for the placemats. Yay!
Now to put it on and stitch it down.
Rob
