A couple more projects. Here’s a pintuck pillow made from the Ginkgo fabric and a cosmetic bag made from the triangles. These were both samples from last fall’s market.
Flying Geese Pillow
I recently received some of my Stamped samples that had been floating around Japan the past few months. Here’s a pillow made with the dimensional Flying Geese pattern from my upcoming book, 1, 2, 3 Quilt. This version has a lot of pattern, but I seem to be doing more of that lately. Looks like Miss Matatabi still has a good selection of my Stamped collection. And my newest collection, Folk Modern, is now starting to pop up in shops. You can see the “What Goes with What” post over on the Pink Chalk Fabrics blog. I find these posts really helpful for online customers to match solids with prints.
I’m taking blogging slowly over the next few months. We’ve been busy and I still have to get some work done! If you have kids, you can always check out my list of 100 Summer Crafts for Kids post from a while back. Hope you’re having a great break.
A Few Stamped Projects
I finally got around to a few projects that have been on my list of things to do with my Stamped fabric collection.
First, I covered an IKEA side table with my scalloped fabric and some batting to turn it into an ironing board. I simply removed the top piece of the table, wrapped it in aluminum foil, then added several layers of batting, then covered it in fabric and stapled the fabric to the underside. Then I put the tabletop back in place. You can also get heat-resistent batting made for hot pads and things, but I didn’t have enough on hand so I improvised with the aluminum foil. It works perfectly well and has more surface area than my previous ironing board, plus it frees up extra space and serves double duty with storage below. I’ve seen lots of other crafters do this, so maybe there’s a full tutorial somewhere?
And some quickie curtains for our laundry room. This is the circle flowers fabric, probably my favorite from the collection.
Then I covered my grandmother’s sewing stool with the triangles fabric. I have to say, I really enjoy using my staple gun. Watch out.
Quilty Magazine
Look! My Stamped quilt is in the May/June issue of Quilty magazine. I made this quilt for market last fall, using fabrics from my Stamped collection. It looks like there are some really nice quilts in this issue, especially love this Tree Everlasting quilt. The quilt shown above on the cover was designed by Brigitte Heitland.
I made the quilt in an improvisational way, changing quite a bit from my initial sketches as I went along. But it’s an easy quilt to make with strip piecing and half-square triangles. I think it would be interesting to see it in solids. Oh, and that’s my Rings print in yellow from Folk Modern under the magazine here in these photos. The collection was shown at Portland Quilt Market and should be shipping to fabric shops soon!
Folk Modern Quilt
I made this small quilt from my Folk Modern collection to send to Quilt Market this weekend. It’s a variation of a quilt from my upcoming book, 1, 2, 3 Quilt. Triangles! In the book I made the quilt with all solids, but this one has a crazy amount of pattern in it. I used five of the six prints from the collection in each of the three colorways (15 fabrics total), plus a chambray linen blend. Shops can order the collection from Seven Islands now or at Quilt Market and I think it will be shipping soon!
A couple of detail shots:
