How is my fabric diet going? May is almost over–more than a third of the year and I am doing well!! I will admit to one slip up—I purchased two charm packs of “ZINNA”.
Zinnias are my favorite summer flower. They are hardy; they can take the Kansas summer heat. They remind me of my childhood—and they were really on sale! Two for the price of one! Plus ordering on-line is sooooo easy. I think I hit the send button before I crawled out of bed on a very cold February morning.
I have purchased fabric to be used for backing.
Most folks want a soft backing on baby quilts and I do not have any Minky or plush fabrics in my stash
Large quilts need four or five yards of fabric
For this scrappy 60″ x 70″ quilt I was able to piece together these green pieces for the backing. (The quilt is for sale for $150)
But for this quilt, I purchased this red and white check–on sale! The quilt measures 65″ x 80″ and the price is $200.
I will need to purchase more solids. I use a lot of white fabric but my whites are every shade or tone of white available and it is easier to use one piece than stand in the natural light in my backyard trying to decide if the two pieces of white from my stash are the same.
I use a lot of white.
I didn’t “un-save” notifications from my favorite on-line fabric sites. A girl can look–stay abreast of the latest trends, right? Need to see what’s out there! I try to buy my backing and fillers from the local quilt shops. But while on this fabric diet, I give myself a very short time period to be physically in the store–must be somewhere in five minutes!
I started this diet for economical and environmental reasons. After five months, I still believe my original reasoning was sound but it has become a test of my will power and most importantly a challenge to see how creative I can be with what I have. Stay tuned, just seven more months.
New topic—
Our minister retired this month.
This photo was copied from Facebook.
The Quilters at First had a champion in the pulpit! We are so grateful for her interest, support–and financial contributions. On Wednesdays, she would climb the stairs to visit with both groups. She attended every sale and luncheon to celebrate our wins. She encouraged our outreach changes. We will miss her!!
We wanted to say thank you in a tangible way….but what did she want or could use? Why not let her decide? So we decided upon our first ever “gift certificate” to be used at the October sale or for items posted on-line. Hopefully, she will have fun shopping for herself or for gifts.
A gift certificate? Hmmmmm? Would others like to use this method of gift giving? So we will be creating gift certificates for anyone to purchase. If you want to “gift” a friend or family member something special, contact us and we will create a certificate just for you!
Check out the photo galleries. I can’t believe how busy my fellow quilters have been!
Quilts, Etc. 