Monday, November 19, 2012

Groupons are a Great Thing - Stash Building with a Purpose

I bought a 50% off coupon to one of the fabric stores near my mom's house a little over a month ago knowing that I'd be home for Thanksgiving and able to use it then. Well, I am now home for the holiday, and I went to G Street to use my coupon today. I've been using Pinterest lately as an inspiration source. And I won't let myself start on either of the projects for which I purchased fabric, until I finish the Asterisk and the Green Baby Quilt. The Green Baby is coming along nicely, and I will be assembling the rows this week - I brought it home with me, the beauty of having a mother who also has a sewing machine at home so I didn't have to bring mine.

I bought three brown batiks and a rich brown Moda Bella solid to use for the helix around a pole in color gradation. The deep wine color and the puple/pink batik will be used for the other, interwoven helix seen on the right with a charcoal as the background to let the saturated hues pop. This is just a sneak peak at what's to come since it'll probably be December/January time when I start on one of these. But since it's all squares/half square triangles, should come together fairly quickly.



Happy holidays to you all, and now I'm off to the dentist. 

6 comments:

  1. Really neat designs - it's going to look great in those fabrics you bought. The green squares baby quilt is cute. Hope it goes together quickly so you can start your next project.

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    1. Thanks! The green squares will come together quickly, and since I'm using Minky as the back, no batting, so basting will be quicker than usual.

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  2. Congrats on the fabric score. Those are so nifty looking patterns :)

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    1. I had fun shopping knowing that I had essentially prepaid for the trip and had a lot of freedom to just pick what looked fun while having the Pinterest App open on my phone.

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  3. Your quilts are so pretty, and I love Boston!

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    1. I love Boston, too! Even if I am moving to DC in the spring, Boston is where I had my first apartment, first job out of college, etc. And thank you for the compliments on my quilting!

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