Sunday Stash - Charley Harper for Birch Fabrics

Ok I'm excited...well very excited. I have been waiting for these fabrics to come back in stock for what has felt like an eternity (ok about 6 months) and now I have them in my hands - yay !!!

This is the Charley Harper fat quarter bundle for Birch Fabrics and is 100% certified organic premium quilting weight cotton. This range is also available in other fabric types to.

Charley Harper was a wildlife artist and used shapes, vibrant colour combinations, patterns and textures in his work. I ended up purchasing two fat quarter bundles in the hope to make a king bed quilt for my bed with these.

With birds, cardinals, ladybugs and the like, and simple geometric shapes these fabrics are just amazing.

 I even love the simplicity of these designs and could see their use outside this range paired with other fabrics in my stash.

Super cute images of birds complemented with spots.

 

 

I also purchased about 6 yards of the far right leaf prints in the blue range for my quilt backing.

  

It's Sunday so I'm linking up with Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash weekly linky party.

Till next time.....happy sewing....

Sunday Stash - Blenders Part 2

So last week I showed you my turquoise and teal blenders from eQuilter.com. Today I'm showing you the second fat quarter bundle I bought.

This bundle was called eQuilter COLOR PALETTE - Rousing REDS! and also has a selection of 15 fat quarters.

 I divided this bundle up for the pictures as well. The first bundle are quite deep velvety reds some prints have a hint of black through them.

 

 



This second set consists mainly of bright, vibrant reds. I must say that although I think this is a great stash builder I'm not very partial to a lot of these prints so will need to put my thinking cap on when I go to use these to make sure the end result will be something I am happy with. Happy for suggestions !!

 

I'm not a huge red fan so that could be the issue however I do have some other red in my stash that I will show soon that I think is going to make an amazing red and white quilt - I've already put the pattern design together. But enough about that...

It's Sunday so I'm linking up with Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash weekly linky party.

Till next time.....happy sewing....

Sunday Stash - Blenders Part 1

In an attempt to build my stash I hoped online and grabbed two bundles of fat quarters from eQuilter.com during one of their sales. Blogging one today and one next week so watch out for that one.

The first bundle was called eQuilter COLOR PALETTE - Tantalizing TURQUOISE & Teal and has a selection of 15 fat quarters. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the selection of fabrics some I would buy others I probably wouldn't pick but I know I will be able to do something with all of these in the future.

 

I divided the bundle up for the pictures into three groupings. This first picture reflects the turquoise selection within the range.

 



 

This next set is more within the teal range with some beautiful bright fabrics also included. I particularly like the last one at the end with it's scalloped style.

These last five fat quarters were more green than the others but still blend in nicely with the bundle.

It's Sunday so I'm linking up with Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash weekly linky party.

Till next time.....happy sewing....

Sunday Stash #1

So like every quilter I collect fabric. I wouldn't say it's hording just waiting to be turned into a special quilt for the right person. As you have probably noticed most of my quilts are for babies and children so I tend to look for bright, colourful fabrics with cute prints.

So to showcase what I currently have in my stash I've decided to join Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash weekly linky party (thanks Molli!).

Not only do I have a chance to reveal my stash weekly but I also get to marvel and all the other beautiful fabric of my fellow quilters. Also as I plan to do more quilting then fabric shopping this year (yeah right !!) I'm not sure I'll have updates every week but we'll see how I go.

First up is some fabric I've had around for a while called "Puppy Park" by Bella Blvd for Riley Blake Designs. This is one of Bella's most popular collections and came in both cotton and flannels. Just look at those cute little puppies...

I bought two of the 10" stackers which have 21 10x10" Precut Squares in each pack. I couldn't resist this when I saw it given I'm a mummy of 2 beautiful boxers. I can definitely see this on a little boys bed in the future in all it's glory.

 

Don't forget to join me next week for some more fabric fun !