Category: Fabric

My mailbox was certainly full of treasures this week!  Remember my tantrum about a certain shop that sent me a collection of fat quarters that were supposed to be raspberry pink, but turned out to be purple, blue and everything but raspberry?  Well, Allyson in Alaska read my rant and sent me a collection of […]

I wasn't even going to post on this subject, because I thought it had been resolved very nicely.  I recently ordered a batik fat quarter selection from a very well known online fabric company that specializes in batik and Asian fabrics.  The color selection was to be raspberry.  Eight beautiful fat quarters all in shades […]

I think my family is beginning to worry about me.  For decades I have been plodding perking along, making quite traditional style quilts, and being quite content with them.  I did not jump on the batik bandwagon, despite having many friends who were over the moon for them.  Oh, I have made quilts using batiks […]

I stopped by my local quilt shop on the way home from work yesterday.  Oh my, they certainly had a lovely selection of batiks.  I just had to have these yummy greens. And the blues. And bless me, the reds too.

  I am kidding about getting Sloppy.  One of my favorite quilting designers is a woman with the challenging name of Evelyn Sloppy.  Her books are terrific and I have made several quilts from them.  She must have a great sense of humor with that last name. The book of Evelyn's that I have used […]

  I dislike novelty fabrics.  I never buy them.   I find novelty fabrics to be gimmicky and way too cutesy for my taste.  How on earth could you decorate with them?   I never buy them ever.   They are so unsophisticated.  I certainly can't imagine having a quilt made up of them.  I really […]

  I have been on a budget enforced fabric diet for three or four months now.  It has not been fun, but simply necessary.  I don't know about the rest of you, but my spending has really been restricted in this "economic downturn".   I am lucky I can still scrape together enough cash to have […]