Fruit & Veggie fabrics - canning jar quilts?
#33
Our group is collecting sewing notions fabric and doing a jar quilt . Some are doing one shelf for a wall hanging in thier sewing room. I am doing mine in a quilt to take on my quilt retreats. Will add a chocolate jar.
#34
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I'm kind of a crazy person - I will only use fabrics that realistically portray foods (ie no cartoon-y or novelty types),
foods that literally look like mouth-watering real food. But...I am not as picky about whether they are really "cannable". That's nuts, huh?
foods that literally look like mouth-watering real food. But...I am not as picky about whether they are really "cannable". That's nuts, huh?
#35
I am collecting to make the canning jar quilt and will use what fits the canning theme. I have made several market bags with all fruit & vegie varities that are awesome. They would be great in I spy too, never thought of that one!
#36
If I made one I would put only "canned" items in it. But the list is long. For instance a plain red for tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce, plain colors for jelly, etc. I like the ideas of baskets for uncannable things. (No that is not a real word!) My Mother, Grandmother and Aunts canned everything they could. Oh, the days spent peeling peaches, water running down your arm! If color is a thought I came up with orange, red, yellow, blue, purple, white, pink. Jar lids could be gray (silver) or gold. The problem I see with some of the fruit and vegetable prints is they are too large.
I bet some of our younger members especially city raised have never canned.
I bet some of our younger members especially city raised have never canned.
#37
I sure would love to see pictures of that quilt! Sounds darling.
I've made lots of blocks for a quilt using the fruits and veggies, but it is one of my UFOs from so long ago that I can't even describe what the block looks like right now. LOL But I remember it was cute. :wink: I would love to make a canning jar quilt out of the rest of the fabrics! Thanks for the idea.
I've made lots of blocks for a quilt using the fruits and veggies, but it is one of my UFOs from so long ago that I can't even describe what the block looks like right now. LOL But I remember it was cute. :wink: I would love to make a canning jar quilt out of the rest of the fabrics! Thanks for the idea.
#38
Originally Posted by Numa
We did one at church for one of our elders. "Canned " the appropriate fruits and veggies, designed baskets to hold potatoes, apples, tomatoes (they had stems and leaves). We also "canned" apple butter and jellies. Designed pint baskets too for any others that wouldn't look right canned.
#39
I put tons of different foods in my quilt. I was going to make a canning jar quilt, but decided to cut 6 1/2" squares and sash them with black instead. I think it came out great!
There is pizza, pickles, potato chips, asparagus, peppermints, chocolates, cupcakes, berries, apples, Pixie Stix, beer, and other things I can't think of. Here's what it looked like on the design wall. It's all put together now, just need to quilt it.
There is pizza, pickles, potato chips, asparagus, peppermints, chocolates, cupcakes, berries, apples, Pixie Stix, beer, and other things I can't think of. Here's what it looked like on the design wall. It's all put together now, just need to quilt it.
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