Fabric

Week 51 Stash Report

December 20, 2009

There was an addition to my stash this week . . even though I didn’t do it.  I promise . . I didn’t do anything . . I just opened the door when the UPS man rang the doorbell! A friend sent me the cutest kit to make a chicken quilt.  It’s a great quilt [...]

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Storing the Stash

December 19, 2009

A reader asked in the comments yesterday about storing the fabric.  There are so many different ways to store the stash fabric.  In the trunk of the car, in the freezer, under the mattress .. anywhere your husband won’t find it!  Please share how you store your fabric. Or, share how you wish you stored [...]

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Wash or Not Wash?

October 6, 2009

This was one of those questions we talked about a while back when we agreed to disagree.  The good news is that it just don’t matter!  If you insist on washing your fabric before using it, you’re probably dead set on why you do it and you will not consider not washing.  I’m right in [...]

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Fantastic Black Fabric

April 8, 2009

Black seems to show up in so many of my quilts and I struggle to find the perfect black. The above quilt is truly black but just looks gray in the picture.  I believe that was a Moda Marble. Michael Miller had and may still have a good black but every thread, fuzz ball and [...]

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Which Green?

March 12, 2009

Which of the greens with the arrows do you like best for this group?  The top one (darker) or the bottom one (lighter)?  If I’m looking at them very closely, I like the bottom one better.  It’s actually a black background with tiny packed green dots.  From a distance, it looks like an almost solid [...]

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Stripes and Checks

February 7, 2009

Did your mom ever tell you that stripes and checks don’t go together?  I think that’s what my mom said . . or maybe she told me purple and green don’t go together?  I can’t remember.  Mom is probably reading this and thinking . . I never knew she listened to anything I said! See, [...]

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