Fat Chick Quilts: Made for Swap

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Made for Swap

Update: Here is a little bag I made from Anna Marie Horner's Innocent Crush fabric that I bought for the swap. I finished my swap partner project and had some material left over. Daughter #1 loved the material and asked for a little zipper bag. Here she is!

Maybe I made the pin cushion below for the swap, but it is now MINE! I don't think my partner would like this material as much as something else, so I am going to make her the same thing in different material. What a sacrifice!

This Love material by Amy Butler is so scrumptious to me, I am going to make alot of trial stuff in it for myself, for the swap.

The pattern is from Sew Mama Sew and is easy and fun. I overfilled the rice bag, but that can be remedied.

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amy and the bad catsJanuary 25, 2011 at 1:04 PM
congrats on taking one for the team! ha! it looks great, though, so i'm sure your partner will like it in whatevr fabric you end up choosing for her.
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My Sewing Likes and Dislikes

I love fabric. Yes, I have been known to get up in the middle of the night, shuffle to my sewing room and fondle fabrics. I lay them out on the floor, try to figure out what to do with it, pull out books or magazines for inspiration, then put it all away and shuffle back to bed. The next day, I have no idea what was decided in my sleep deprived brain.

Since joining the Houston Modern Quilt Guild, my tastes are constantly evolving. My favorite colors are romantic soft pinks and sapphire blues (toward the lilac tones). That said...I love almost every color, aquas and reds, black and white accents, oranges and greens...and on and on.

Always drawn toward:

Moda's 3 Sisters fabrics (soft and romantic)

French General's Reds and Linens

Basic Gray (Their grunge ROCKS)

Tula Pink

Amy Butler

Anna Marie Horner

Riley Blake

Aneela Hoey (All are a must have!)

Japanese cutesy prints (love the little quirky animals and figures), and Japanese Taupes (Taupism, Daiwabo)

Jay McCarroll's Habitat, crazy animals and forest scenes

Kaffe Fassett (I actually do like his fabric, though I never know what to do with it)

Some of my favorite designers are Oh Fransson!, Crazy Mom Quilts, Pillow and Maxfield, Cluck Cluck Sew, Badbird Patterns, Sublime Stitiching, Hawthorne Threads. My favorite Etsy shop is Badbird (Andra Zuill). Other Etsy shops are Fabricworm, Modernmaterialgirl, etc., etc....

What I generally do not like:

Civil War Repros
30s Reprints
Primary Colors alone
Licensed Novelty prints
Mary Engelbright type of cartoon characters

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Made for Swap

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