I'm skipping this week's jar in favor of a magical bag of goodies. The always lovely Marcia that teaches the library sewing class called and said someone donated a few gigantic sacks of vintage fabric to the group. THANK YOU, MARCIA!
After double and triple checking that my greed was all right, I stuffed a ginormous black garbage bag full of fabric. I was worried I was taking too much, but she said they were just going to donate what was left over. Here it is all folded and sorted by color.
I'm seriously considering making a postage stamp quilt.
I've mentioned this before, but I'll say it again---I'm not a traditional quilt person. They can look great in other people's homes, but they don't work for me. I do like more modern quilts with my house, though. I prefer simple, squares only types of quilts. Or all-over-the-place-no-order-whatsoever crazy quilts.
(Crazy quilt pillow from KittyandMe on Etsy)
I've been collecting fabric for a Halloween crazy quilt for years. Like I said earlier, I've also been toying with the idea of a postage stamp quilt. I realize that would be quite an undertaking, though.
This ROCKS from Colorful Creative Ideas. That wasn't what I meant by postage stamp quilt, but it's adorable. Get a load of that pillow! I still have a ton of stamps left over from a previous Wednesday Jar.
I think grown-ups and children alike would enjoy looking at all the details on this quilt by Nancy Cole. I hear these referred to as "I Spy Quilts". I guess this is a reference to the I Spy book series where you hunt and peck for tiny objects among a chockful page of images. Those books are GREAT, by the way.
I remember sitting under my grandmother's quilts with tee-NINE-see squares of fabric. I loved searching for my favorite blocks. I particularly liked ones with squares that had animals or holiday things. OH! A quilt with all-holiday-squares would be neat, huh? Easter and Halloween and Christmas and St. Patrick's Day and all the rest!
Check these out from AudreyPawdry. I love the rainbow order of the blocks. It's still a little more 'quilty' than I want with the spaces in between the blocks, though. I like them all squished together.
More like this.
Isn't this AMAZING? That would be so fun to gawk at. Imagine being sleepy and sitting under your pillow fort sucking your thumb and touching all the little pieces as you get ready for your nap.
Back to my fabric!
I even gathered up tiny scraps of fun fabric from the bottom of the scrap pile and sorted them in sandwich bags by color. I'll at least have a start on my someday-postage-stamp-quilt. Fabric can get really out of hand, so I like it to be organized just so.
Look at the bunnies!
There is a big piece of fabric with inked-out figures. I think you're supposed to embroider over them. The handwritten note on the fabric reads, "Stuffed toys, pocket motifs, and panholders".
Oh, how I hope this circus fabric cleans up well! It's my absolute favorite of the bunch.
I'm digging the blue strawberries and frizzed out pink lion.
Thanks, fabric fairy-I'll try to make something fabulous with these gifts!
What a score. Fabric is EXPENSIVE. And it is challenging to get a variety, since you have to buy yardage. Or "fat quarters". Good job making use of this stash.
Posted by: Charlotte Smothers | May 25, 2011 at 06:48 PM
That's so cool! I wish I could sew. It'd be fun to make tons of stuff with it.
Posted by: Marty | May 25, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Lucky Duck!!!!
Posted by: Bettina | May 26, 2011 at 08:49 AM
Ooooh, I wanna see them on Saturday!!!!
Posted by: Stacy Ross | May 26, 2011 at 12:09 PM