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What's your favorite?
I pulled out one of my 'standbys' the other day to snip a piece for a
little swap wallhanging I'm making and was pleased to see that I still have a lot of that particular piece of fabric. In my stash I have several pieces like that -- bought several years ago (most of them at estate sales) and now so out of production it's not even funny. In particular I have several that are so good I eke out little bits in various projects, trying to make it the yardage last as long as possible. One piece is perfect for tree trunks. Another is just perfect for greenery and still others are just really good worked into a background or added as one piece of a block. When I use up one of my favorites, it really makes me sad. For instance, I just ran out of my favorite batik that I use for flames or feathers or autumn leaves. Nothing else is quite as perfect, in my eyes. So here's the question: do you have favorites in your stash, valuable pieces of yardage that you snip here and there, adding to projects in little pieces and making the original yardage last as long as possible? Oddly enough, when I got out the three pieces I really have put into almost every project I have done, all three were made by Samash & Sons fabric company, and all three from the late 1990s. (Obviously these were from estate sales and somebody had great taste.) Pitch in, I want to hear all about your favorite pieces of fabric. Sunny |
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What's your favorite?
There was the perfect batik/ hand dye background, a sort of cream with
lots of texture and depth. Never had much of it, because it was part of somebody's scrap collection when it arrived in my stash. Tried to buy it again, and the piece was too gray. Another piece was too yellow. The perfect piece seems to be gone ! Wah! I also love all Fossil Ferns and Moda Marbles, and fortunately there are plenty of those. Roberta in D On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:59:31 -0800 (PST), Sunny wrote: I pulled out one of my 'standbys' the other day to snip a piece for a little swap wallhanging I'm making and was pleased to see that I still have a lot of that particular piece of fabric. In my stash I have several pieces like that -- bought several years ago (most of them at estate sales) and now so out of production it's not even funny. In particular I have several that are so good I eke out little bits in various projects, trying to make it the yardage last as long as possible. One piece is perfect for tree trunks. Another is just perfect for greenery and still others are just really good worked into a background or added as one piece of a block. When I use up one of my favorites, it really makes me sad. For instance, I just ran out of my favorite batik that I use for flames or feathers or autumn leaves. Nothing else is quite as perfect, in my eyes. So here's the question: do you have favorites in your stash, valuable pieces of yardage that you snip here and there, adding to projects in little pieces and making the original yardage last as long as possible? Oddly enough, when I got out the three pieces I really have put into almost every project I have done, all three were made by Samash & Sons fabric company, and all three from the late 1990s. (Obviously these were from estate sales and somebody had great taste.) Pitch in, I want to hear all about your favorite pieces of fabric. Sunny |
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What's your favorite?
A lot of my fabric is 'favourite'! I have rarely bought any fabric
for a particular quilting project and lots of it never gets cut into because it reminds me of someone (if that makes sense?). I have also tried to only buy yardage that is on sale which means that my stash is more scrappy than planned. When I was making projects for my annual craft shows, the fabric choices were far different than those that I collect now. When I am browsing for fabrics now, I will opt to buy several colourways of a design if it is something that appeals to me for backgrounds and there are many on my shelves. My Mum would look at a quilt or other project and pick out certain elements of a fabric that appealed to her rather than look at the quilt as a whole. My sister prefers to see the single backing piece of fabric of an item rather than the design of the quilt top - I often turn over small table mats when I visit there and say "pretty side up!" ala Eleanor Burns......I tell myself that the next project that I make for her will have a patchwork backing too. It is her birthday on Sunday and I still have to make a gift for her - she likes sunflowers and I am thinking that a bowl is a good idea? I shall have to decide which of my sunflower stash (my sister fabric stash) will have to be 'sacrificed'. jennellh On Jan 14, 1:59*am, Sunny wrote: I pulled out one of my 'standbys' the other day to snip a piece for a little swap wallhanging I'm making and was pleased to see that I still have a lot of that particular piece of fabric. In my stash I have several pieces like that -- bought several years ago (most of them at estate sales) and now so out of production it's not even funny. In particular I have several that are so good I eke out little bits in various projects, trying to make it the yardage last as long as possible. One piece is perfect for tree trunks. Another is just perfect for greenery and still others are just really good worked into a background or added as one piece of a block. When I use up one of my favorites, it really makes me sad. For instance, I just ran out of my favorite batik that I use for flames or feathers or autumn leaves. Nothing else is quite as perfect, in my eyes. So here's the question: do you have favorites in your stash, valuable pieces of yardage that you snip here and there, adding to projects in little pieces and making the original yardage last as long as possible? Oddly enough, when I got out the three pieces I really have put into almost every project I have done, all three were made by Samash & Sons fabric company, and all three from the late 1990s. (Obviously these were from estate sales and somebody had great taste.) Pitch in, I want to hear all about your favorite pieces of fabric. Sunny |
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What's your favorite?
Yes, I have a favorite, done by Jennifer Sampson for Miller or Kaufman
back in the 90s, in the Southwest line. In the multicolor of what looks like the southwest beaded rosettes, rich rusts and dark oranges, spots of turquise blue and reds, forest green. You get the picture. It also came in a blue color way and a tan color way. Long out of production, but I hope to find more someday. Ginger in CA willing to trade fabric for some of this! On Jan 13, 10:59*pm, Sunny wrote: I pulled out one of my 'standbys' the other day to snip a piece for a little swap wallhanging I'm making and was pleased to see that I still have a lot of that particular piece of fabric. In my stash I have several pieces like that -- bought several years ago (most of them at estate sales) and now so out of production it's not even funny. In particular I have several that are so good I eke out little bits in various projects, trying to make it the yardage last as long as possible. One piece is perfect for tree trunks. Another is just perfect for greenery and still others are just really good worked into a background or added as one piece of a block. When I use up one of my favorites, it really makes me sad. For instance, I just ran out of my favorite batik that I use for flames or feathers or autumn leaves. Nothing else is quite as perfect, in my eyes. So here's the question: do you have favorites in your stash, valuable pieces of yardage that you snip here and there, adding to projects in little pieces and making the original yardage last as long as possible? Oddly enough, when I got out the three pieces I really have put into almost every project I have done, all three were made by Samash & Sons fabric company, and all three from the late 1990s. (Obviously these were from estate sales and somebody had great taste.) Pitch in, I want to hear all about your favorite pieces of fabric. Sunny |
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What's your favorite?
How nice of you to ask. Yes, I have favorites. One is really easy. I like
to invite a few ants to the picnic. Doesn't have to be a big piece, just a few ants is fine and there's usually a print available when the hill gets low. Your question made me realize that my current favorite just might still be available. It is Michael Miller's Meadow Grass. It works beautifully for vines, leaves, landscapes; just all sorts of places. I found several shops that still had some. So very glad you mentioned our need for standbys. Polly "Ginger in CA" wrote in message ... Yes, I have a favorite, done by Jennifer Sampson for Miller or Kaufman back in the 90s, in the Southwest line. In the multicolor of what looks like the southwest beaded rosettes, rich rusts and dark oranges, spots of turquise blue and reds, forest green. You get the picture. It also came in a blue color way and a tan color way. Long out of production, but I hope to find more someday. Ginger in CA willing to trade fabric for some of this! On Jan 13, 10:59 pm, Sunny wrote: I pulled out one of my 'standbys' the other day to snip a piece for a little swap wallhanging I'm making and was pleased to see that I still have a lot of that particular piece of fabric. In my stash I have several pieces like that -- bought several years ago (most of them at estate sales) and now so out of production it's not even funny. In particular I have several that are so good I eke out little bits in various projects, trying to make it the yardage last as long as possible. One piece is perfect for tree trunks. Another is just perfect for greenery and still others are just really good worked into a background or added as one piece of a block. When I use up one of my favorites, it really makes me sad. For instance, I just ran out of my favorite batik that I use for flames or feathers or autumn leaves. Nothing else is quite as perfect, in my eyes. So here's the question: do you have favorites in your stash, valuable pieces of yardage that you snip here and there, adding to projects in little pieces and making the original yardage last as long as possible? Oddly enough, when I got out the three pieces I really have put into almost every project I have done, all three were made by Samash & Sons fabric company, and all three from the late 1990s. (Obviously these were from estate sales and somebody had great taste.) Pitch in, I want to hear all about your favorite pieces of fabric. Sunny |
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What's your favorite?
And I have some bee fabric that is one of my favorites to sneak
into quilts. When I was doing a lot of machine applique 15 years or so ago I had a couple of favorite pieces for texture. Those are tiny now and I won't cut into them except for special stuff. Taria "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... How nice of you to ask. Yes, I have favorites. One is really easy. I like to invite a few ants to the picnic. Doesn't have to be a big piece, just a few ants is fine and there's usually a print available when the hill gets low. Your question made me realize that my current favorite just might still be available. It is Michael Miller's Meadow Grass. It works beautifully for vines, leaves, landscapes; just all sorts of places. I found several shops that still had some. So very glad you mentioned our need for standbys. Polly "Ginger in CA" wrote in message ... Yes, I have a favorite, done by Jennifer Sampson for Miller or Kaufman back in the 90s, in the Southwest line. In the multicolor of what looks like the southwest beaded rosettes, rich rusts and dark oranges, spots of turquise blue and reds, forest green. You get the picture. It also came in a blue color way and a tan color way. Long out of production, but I hope to find more someday. Ginger in CA willing to trade fabric for some of this! On Jan 13, 10:59 pm, Sunny wrote: I pulled out one of my 'standbys' the other day to snip a piece for a little swap wallhanging I'm making and was pleased to see that I still have a lot of that particular piece of fabric. In my stash I have several pieces like that -- bought several years ago (most of them at estate sales) and now so out of production it's not even funny. In particular I have several that are so good I eke out little bits in various projects, trying to make it the yardage last as long as possible. One piece is perfect for tree trunks. Another is just perfect for greenery and still others are just really good worked into a background or added as one piece of a block. When I use up one of my favorites, it really makes me sad. For instance, I just ran out of my favorite batik that I use for flames or feathers or autumn leaves. Nothing else is quite as perfect, in my eyes. So here's the question: do you have favorites in your stash, valuable pieces of yardage that you snip here and there, adding to projects in little pieces and making the original yardage last as long as possible? Oddly enough, when I got out the three pieces I really have put into almost every project I have done, all three were made by Samash & Sons fabric company, and all three from the late 1990s. (Obviously these were from estate sales and somebody had great taste.) Pitch in, I want to hear all about your favorite pieces of fabric. Sunny |
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What's your favorite?
On Jan 14, 12:59*am, Sunny wrote:
I pulled out one of my 'standbys' the other day to snip a piece for a little swap wallhanging I'm making and was pleased to see that I still have a lot of that particular piece of fabric. In my stash I have several pieces like that -- bought several years ago (most of them at estate sales) and now so out of production it's not even funny. In particular I have several that are so good I eke out little bits in various projects, trying to make it the yardage last as long as possible. One piece is perfect for tree trunks. Another is just perfect for greenery and still others are just really good worked into a background or added as one piece of a block. When I use up one of my favorites, it really makes me sad. For instance, I just ran out of my favorite batik that I use for flames or feathers or autumn leaves. Nothing else is quite as perfect, in my eyes. So here's the question: do you have favorites in your stash, valuable pieces of yardage that you snip here and there, adding to projects in little pieces and making the original yardage last as long as possible? Oddly enough, when I got out the three pieces I really have put into almost every project I have done, all three were made by Samash & Sons fabric company, and all three from the late 1990s. (Obviously these were from estate sales and somebody had great taste.) Pitch in, I want to hear all about your favorite pieces of fabric. Sunny Oh, yes. I've done a lot of scrappy quilts, and I look at those pieces really fondly. I was sad to see them used up. On the other end of the spectrum, I've bought (make that, hoarded) fabric I absolutely loved four years ago, and now I don't love so much. But that was when I first started learning to quilt, I think my taste in colors/ patterns has developed and changed since then. |
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What's your favorite?
"Sherry" wrote in message ... Oh, yes. I've done a lot of scrappy quilts, and I look at those pieces really fondly. I was sad to see them used up. On the other end of the spectrum, I've bought (make that, hoarded) fabric I absolutely loved four years ago, and now I don't love so much. But that was when I first started learning to quilt, I think my taste in colors/ patterns has developed and changed since then. This last part has happened to me too, and it's why I try to make myself use my *favorite* fabrics, even if I want to hoard them. There were quite a few that I hoarded so long that I didn't like them anymore! Lately, every time I catch myself thinking "I might do another project sometime where this fabric *might* work better" I remind myself, "You are not immortal, what are you saving this for?" This has actually been kind of working! Iris ( but still hoarding that perfect purple that I should have bought more of - drat!) |
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What's your favorite?
On Jan 14, 11:26*am, "I.E.Z." wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message ... Oh, yes. I've done a lot of scrappy quilts, and I look at those pieces really fondly. I was sad to see them used up. On the other end of the spectrum, I've bought (make that, hoarded) fabric I absolutely loved four years ago, and now I don't love so much. But that was when I first started learning to quilt, I think my taste in colors/ patterns has developed and changed since then. This last part has happened to me too, and it's why I try to make myself use my *favorite* fabrics, even if I want to hoard them. *There were quite a few that I hoarded so long that I didn't like them anymore! *Lately, every time I catch myself thinking *"I might do another project sometime where this fabric *might* work better" * I remind myself, *"You are not immortal, what are you saving this for?" * This has actually been kind of working! Iris ( but still hoarding that perfect purple that I should have bought more of - drat!) Well, thanks for that -- it's nice to to know someone else does that. I positively adored 3 Sisters Faded Memories, the pink and green, when it first came out about 4 years ago. I have a whole box of it, and can't seem to figure out what to do with it. Still like it, but not so much, and it just gets pushed back in favor of bolder colors. When I very first started quilting, LQS lady said there is a rule about that. She said, "If you really like a piece of fabric, buy 1 yard. If you really love it, buy 3 yards. If you absolutely adore it and can't live without it, buy 6 yards." It's a good thing I didn't listen to her about the six-yard part. Sherry |
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What's your favorite?
I do tend to navigate toward bold/jewel tones. When i first started
quilting, I would buy 3-4 yards of everything I saw. Lately I've been digging those peices out for backings. I do love Laurel Burch. Have quite a few of her peices. amy in CNY |
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