To contrast with the box of lovingly pre-owned (and did I mention pre-washed! yeah!) fabrics, here's some of the new goodies I bought at the show last weekend. I got a bunch of b/w and word fat quarters from one vendor, as well as a yard of black from another. Don't ya love that zipper fabric?
Here's some one-yard cuts from Tanell's and the one on the right is a Blue Meadow Design. I threw in that butterfly one I got at a discount fabric store to show off the selvage with Japanese characters. (I know, I know, I'm turning into a crazy selvage lady.) Just wait, there's more.
And here it is. Joyce gave me a big grocery bag of her recent selvages. This makes me more happy that all those lovely new cuts. How crazy is that? And please note: I store my selvages haphazardly in a grocery bag. I've been seeing pictures of lovely selvage collections in various blogs, but mine are just shoved into a bag.
And to make it more interesting, many of them are from the same Mocha Meringue line, which means I could do something un-scrappy with selvages, if that's not a contradiction.
And to top it off, this week I got two books from Scrappy Quilter Carol in her giveaway. Thanks very much. I'm enjoying them already.
And here's two I bought at the sale table at the quilt show. These are oldies, but very, very much goodies.
And here's two I bought at the sale table at the quilt show. These are oldies, but very, very much goodies.
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I am interested in the answer to your side by side question too.
It looks like a bit of fabric heaven around your place right now. I'm glad you are enjoying the selvages. I have already started another bag for you. A friend of my daughter wants a yellow quilt so there may be a lot of yellows turning up.
Busy busy busy....but always inspiring.
I use the "none" setting most often. You may have to shrink your pics so they fit side by side, and hold the "shift" key down while you do to keep it in proportion. Then just drag the pics around.
whee, fun new and new-to-you fabric. I love that World of Amish Quilts - one of my favorites. ooh, that new bit of piecing looks intriguing...
Prairie peasant has it right.
when your on the upload image page, under choose layout, click the NONE circle... then you can move images, resize them on the post, you'll have to make horizontal images smaller to get them to fit side by side... good luck!
That's so fun to get scraps from your mothers stash! What treasures in their!!! I wish I had my mothers stash!!
Yes, yes, the zipper fabric is fabulous! I've never seen it before.
Do you want more selvages? I started cutting some but there are just too many other things that are higher on my list. I'll be happy to send you mine.
fun stuff-you are lucky your mom is a quilter too. love the black and white fabrics- my favorite is the jigsaw puzzle one.
Great fabrics! I shove my selvages into a box.
What fun, I love the fabrics you got. But I have a question--what selvedges? I sew mine right into my quilts. I don't generally cut them off. I call those edges "strings." I'll have to start looking for selvedges, I guess.
Isn't it fun getting packages? What a joyful surprise! Your mom has lots of great stuff. It's playtime for sure, now.
Goodness. The stash has been replenished big time, as have the bookshelves. I love the zipper fabric and that Amish block looks interesting. Looking forward to seeing more of that.
The answer to your question is on http://funoldhag-carol.blogspot.com/.
I love the zipper and puzzle piece fabrics. Going through your mother's box must have been fun. I know I'm still using some of my mother's stash after 15 years.
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