12/4/09 Fabric Friday #3

Welcome to the "Fabric Friday"! I've seen some of the other fun events and participated in them and thought it would be great to start Fabric Friday. On Fabric Friday, show any handmade item {quilts, tote bag, wallhanging, clothing, etc.}, or show us your fabric stash, or recent fabric purchase, or show how you decorate with fabric or fabric items.
If you are participating in Fabric Friday, please be sure to add your permalink below {right click your post title-copy it and paste it into the UrL address}, and not your general blog address.

Don't forget to copy and paste the Fabric Friday logo button to your computer so you can add it to your side bar and your Fabric Friday post. That way visitors will know that your are participating in Fabric Friday.
Please be sure to link back to the host blog, http://rosebudquilting.blogspot.com/, so your fellow bloggers who are participating today, will get lots of visits, as well.
Please do not add your link below until your Fabric Friday post is actually published to your blog. Since this is the first Fabric Friday, I published early to try to make sure all is working.
I hope you will join in the fun, I love seeing what everyone else is doing with their fabric, even if it is just admiring it.
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Today, I'm sharing a quilt that I quilted for one of my clients.  She always picks very pretty combinations of traditional fabric.  This is one of her strip quilts, her piecing is always fabulous and makes it a job to quilt, this one is a feather meander design with a tan thread.  Thanks for stopping by and have a fabuous fabric friday!
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New In Today-Shot Cottons

Arrived today, Kaffe Fassett Shot Cottons, received 17 many of the lastest colors {quite a few bolts on back order}.  I can't wait to personnally start using some of these.  I have my eye on a few Amish designs that I'd like to try.  Just something about the simplicity of solids that makes them elegant with a calm and peacefulness to them.  They are available in my esty shop, and I may part with a little bit, but talk about wanting a stash, this is where I may start to get into some serious hoarding.  So, tell me, anyone else addicted to solid colors, like you gotta have one in every single shade?  What's your favoirte color or colorway?

NICEY JANE IN TODAY!!!

Here's a sample collage of some of the 40 bolts collection of Nicey Jane by designer Heather Bailey.  Arrived today and I just love it, it is soooo pretty and so many designs that coordinate.  Available in my Etsy shop.

Pink Saturday

Please stop over to Beverly's, our hostest of today's event, http//howsweethesound.typepad.com.

One of my daughter's favorite things to do when we go shopping is she loves to stop at the perfume and make up counters and smell all the lovely scents.  There are soooo many georgous perfume bottles.  I'm thinking they ought to make them refillable....who wants to throw away those pretty bottles, wow, some are very pricey too.  The first batch of photos are from the counter at a local department store, then of course my phone died and when we went to one of her favorite places bath & body works I couldn't snap any photos, but I'm sure you all know what the pinks look like there.  Another trip and I stopped into VS and snapped a few, so many pretty pinks around the stores right now, I guess they really have caught on how to market to us by color!  So you know some of these lotions and potions will be under our tree this year, how about you what is your favoirte scent or do you try new ones each time, or are you going organic.  I won't spray anything on my skin anymore, I spray my clothes. 

Nov-27th-09-Fabric Friday-#2

Welcome to the  "Fabric Friday"! I've seen some of the other fun events and participated in them and thought it would be great to start Fabric Friday. On Fabric Friday, show any handmade item {quilts, tote bag, wallhanging, clothing, etc.}, or show us your fabric stash, or recent fabric purchase, or show how you decorate with fabric or fabric items.

If you are participating in Fabric Friday, please be sure to add your permalink below {right click your post title-copy it and paste it into the UrL address}, and not your general blog address.
Don't forget to copy and paste the Fabric Friday logo button to your computer so you can add it to your side bar and your Fabric Friday post. That way visitors will know that your are participating in Fabric Friday.

Please be sure to link back to the host blog, http://rosebudquilting.blogspot.com/, so your fellow bloggers who are participating today, will get lots of visits, as well.

Please do not add your link below until your Fabric Friday post is actually published to your blog. Since this is the first Fabric Friday, I published early to try to make sure all is working.

I hope you will join in the fun, I love seeing what everyone else is doing with their fabric, even if it is just admiring it.

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Happy Fabric Friday.  This is a very simple column quilt, inspiration from Kaffe Fassett V&A Museum Quilts Book.  The photos just dont' do the fabrics justice, they are very rich in color and complex design elements...I think Philip Jacobs print of the coleus is incredible, and the back is also a PJ print.  I quilted a new quilt design I have, in a plum thread but the quilting really doesn't show up too much with the fabulous prints take the center stage.
 

Quilted Christmas Gift

Shhhh....keep a secret....this is a sneak peak at a Christmas Quilt I'm making for a very special friend, it's going to be a wholecloth lap size quilt.  I've never stitched this pattern out before and it is turning out very nice, but wow, talk about thread and more thread, whew, taking lots of thread...about 1 and a hlaf blocks and I'm changing the bobbin.  The down side of this pattern as a long armer is the cutting of all the threads...but I think I'm starting to love the pattern the blocks are making together row after row and I think once it is watched and dried, it is going to look so very shabby chic and vintage.  What's everyone else working on for homemade gifts?  What do you think, I'm thinking an angels theme for this for items to go in the box with it.

Pink Saturday-Shopping at JoAnn's

Please stop by Beverly's, our lovely hostesss of the weekly event http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/ and enjoy your day, happy PS.

 

Shopping this week at JoAnn's Fabric Store.....so here's some of the pinks I found pretty pink Christmas ordaments, sparklie pink glass beads, pink scrapbook supplies, bolts of fabric arranged by color just for me, delicate ribbon trims, breast cancer awareness scissors {which I picked a pair up...have who know how many pairs of sciccors but they're llike socks at my house they just disappear} and cutting mat and storage box, and beautiful texutred yarn is various shades of pink.   I am amazed at the variety of items you can find at JoAnn's these days.  Remember when it was just sewing items years ago?   I think at this rate I could easily have a "pink" Christmas.  Happy Pink Saturday and thanks for stopping by today.  Two more posts and I will be at 200-watch for a give away!

11/20 - Fabric Friday -#1

Welcome to the very first "Fabric Friday"! I've seen some of the other fun events and participated in them and thought it would be great to start Fabric Friday. On Fabric Friday, show any handmade item {quilts, tote bag, wallhanging, clothing, etc.}, or show us your fabric stash, or recent fabric purchase, or show how you decorate with fabric or fabric items.


If you are participating in Fabric Friday, please be sure to add your permalink below {right click your post title-copy it and paste it into the UrL address}, and not your general blog address.

Don't forget to copy and paste the Fabric Friday logo button to your computer so you can add it to your side bar and your Fabric Friday post. That way visitors will know that your are participating in Fabric Friday.

Please be sure to link back to the host blog, http://rosebudquilting.blogspot.com/, so your fellow bloggers who are participating today, will get lots of visits, as well.

Please do not add your link below until your Fabric Friday post is actually published to your blog. Since this is the first Fabric Friday, I published early to try to make sure all is working.

I hope you will join in the fun, I love seeing what everyone else is doing with their fabric, even if it is just admiring it.

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For my first "Fabric Friday", I'm showing my quilt ladder, featuring some new quilts I've made and some vintage quilt tops that I've purchased and quilted. This is in my family room and is one of the ways I decorate with quilts.

Hugs-Michelle

What's on your Needles?

I'm almost done, this has been such a no brainer, fun project.  This Gossamer Shawl, so light and delicate and lacy and EASY...I'm hoping to wear it with a "little black dress".  I love the little tinsel like silver threads running thru the light blue mohair.  So tell me, what's on your needles?  I'll post a finished photo soon.
Here's the pattern in case any one is interested.
Gossamer Shawl, size 17 needles, cast on 35 stitches, work in st st until scarf is desired length and bind off!  It's that easy. 

Pink Saturaday-Barnes & Noble

Pink Saturaday at the Book Store {Barnes & Noble}....wandering about, I found a few favorite pinks in the store....just in case anyone reading wants to get me some Thanksgiving presents {sisters, daughter} lol!  I found some exquisite chocolates, a swanky gift card, some glitterly notes cards, an interesting novel intertwining a knitting theme, some awesome "bling" dominos, and a "sweet" cupcake calendar for 2010.  Anyone else, just get lost at the book store, escaping, dreaming, relaxing...one of my favorite places to go.  Photo quality-via phone.  Please stop by Beverly's, our lovely hostesss of the weekly event http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/ and enjoy your day, happy PS.