Wednesday Fabric Love #7

It has been well documented that I can not pass up "travel" themed fabrics, and this one is no exception!

This fabric is "European Adventures" by Timeless treasures.  I was just in Paris in July and so those "Paris" stamps on the fabric really speak to me.

This fabric can be found at Fabric Shack and many other online retailers.  I am not affiliated with Fabric Shack, I just like their quick service and awesome fabric selection.

Sunday Stash

A couple weeks ago I was visiting family in Denver Colorado.  While I was there, my husband took me to one of my very favorite quilt shops, Holly's Quilt Cabin.

We found this quilt store randomly during one of our visits to CO because it is right next door to a grocery store.  Holly's Quilt Cabin doesn't look like much from the outside (the storefront isn't very wide) but the store is so deep and they have an amazing selection of fabrics.  They have traditional fabrics, modern fabrics, blenders, flannels, batiks, everything!  Weirdly enough, they have one of the best selection of "outer space" fabrics that I have ever seen in one place and all sorts of themed fabrics too!

I only had like 10 minutes in the store while my husband went to get gas in the car and I did the best I could in that time frame!   I picked up a half yard each of the three fabrics below- my very favorite is the rocket ships!  I was so excited to see the rockets ships because I had seen that online and had been secretly wanting it.  You also might recognize the crayola crayons from when I posted about them last month.

I also picked up Fat Quarters of these two music fabrics- I think my sister and I are going to be making a music quilt in 2 months and I need to start stashing some fabrics!

Linking up with Sunday Stash by Molli Sparkles!

Summer Solstice QAL- Building Blocks

I was SO EXCITED to finally put together all the pieces for my Summer Solstice giant block!  (from the Summer Solstice QAL)

I LOVE the way that the gradient worked out!  There is still a white border that goes around the block and then I am considering adding a gradient border outside of the white border.   I am waiting to see what the size will be when the white border is added before I make my decision- I am looking forward to the next set of instructions this Thursday!

Summer Solstics QAL- Drunkard's Path

I am still working on the Summer Solstice QAL... I totally finished the last assignment before the due date but then I messed up days in my head and I didn't get it posted in time to qualify for the weekly prizes.  Just to be complete, I will still post my progress.

My drunkard's path blocks:

Just wait until you see the finished top!!!

Wednesday Fabric Love #6

You all know by now that I have a soft spot for kid's fabrics and even more of an inclination to buy them if they are primary colored because they match with the rest of my stash.

This week I saw the very cutest dinosaur fabric!

I just love the multicolored dino tracks on the coordinating fabric!  This fabric has several other coordinates and has different background colors too (I prefer the white though).  See it here at Fabric Shack.

Now, how would I use this fabric?  I immediately thought of Shannon Brinkley and her "Scrappy Applique" method.

  from here

Wouldn't this fabric look so cute as borders around a giant dinosaur?  Or maybe use the dinos as the border and the dino tracks as the backing!  So many options!!

Wednesday Fabric Love #5

Many years ago when I was in college, I did a summer internship at the Crayola Factory in Easton PA.  Ever since then (and even before) I have had a love of Crayola products (and everyone knows that store brand crayons can't even compare to Crayola brand!).

I was surprised to see that Riley Blake entered a partnership with Crayola and they made a fabric line about crayons!

My personal favorite is the first one, the "tossed crayons".  This line has several other coordinates, and Riley Blake also produced solids with the Crayola name.  I can see these fabrics used for pencil pouches, open wide pouches, and anything for back-to-school time.

These fabrics are available here from Fabric Shack.  I am not paid to say this, but I like Fabric Shack's large variety of fabric, fast and cheap shipping, and the ability to order 1/4 yds!