Fabric Tuesday!

Welcome to FABRIC TUESDAY!

edition 8

If you're new here we get together weekly to share projects that we've created using fabric.  Whether you have something to share or are just here to look, enjoy!

Here are some of our favorites from last week:

Kate from Swim, Bike, Quilt

I Spy Quilt

Elizabeth from Don't Call Me Betsy

Blissful Journal

Sarah from a little of this, a little of that...

Halloween Placemats

Penny from Penny's Hands

Penny's Hobo Bag

Thank you everyone for linking up last week.

I apologize to those featured as I didn't have the time to let you know before hand!  If you do not have a Featured on QuiltStory button please email us and we'll get it to you! 

myquiltstory{at}gmail{dot}com

 

And now FABRIC TUESDAY

Link up a recent craft project that uses fabric.

New thing make sure to link to your blog post, NOT your blog.
To do this click on the title of your post and then use that url when linking up.

Mention us in your post with either a link or make it easy and add the button to your blog sidebar and you won't have to remember each week. ***You can take either of our buttons on the sidebar.***

Please make sure to link back, we don't want to delete links, so please make sure to link back!

You don't have to do this to link up, promise. However if you want to follow us, we follow back :) But please comment telling us you did so and we will hop right on over and make sure we're following too!

And how about we each take time to comment on the link just before yours, that's easy enough right? We'd love for this to be a linky party where everyone gets comments, so if you take the time to look, take a second to leave a comment!

Love to see what we've got this week!  You fabric lovers are the best!

Megan and Heather

SewSara's Polka Dot Quilt

Happy Monday!  Today we're featuring one of my favorite crafters, Sara from SewSara.  We featured her once before here on a beautiful quilt she made with her grandmother's vintage sheet as backing.  I will let this crazy cheerful I'm in love with quilt speak for itself, but make sure to head over to her blog.  She makes so many projects crazy fast, and then sometimes she throws those darling projects in her Etsy shop.  Here's Sara:

Hello all you Quilt Story lovers! Isn't this blog the best? I always get excited when I see a new post pop up in my google reader. I'm not sure when my love for polka dots started, but I'm pretty sure it got worse (better?) when my daughter Ruby was born.  Do you realize how many cute polka dot things are out there for little girls?!

Her 1st birthday party was a polka dot party, complete with polka dot tshirts for all the guests. (those were some of my very first appliques!)

(And now she's four!)

But anyway ... back to the quilt! Of course that's why you're here. I was inspired by Allison's January quilt and knew I wanted to make one for myself. But I didn't exactly know what colors I wanted. I started looking through my stash and realized the main common denominator was polka dots!

So that's really all the story behind this quilt... I gathered all my polka dot fabric and started cutting. I'll admit, I did buy a few extra to add to the quilt, but most of this was from my stash.

I believe there are at least 51 different fabrics in this quilt. If you care to count, maybe you can correct me if I'm wrong! :)

I always have a hard time getting just the right angle.



are you glad I went with the multi-colored stripe? I am. The back is a clearance sheet from Target (I know  all love Target). Which means I still have the fitted sheet to use for another quilt. (yay!)



If you'd like to read more about this quilt and all my other projects, please stop by my blog sometime! Oh -- and -- I'm trying to decide what to name this quilt. I haven't ever named my quilts before but I feel like this one needs a name. Any suggestions? Comment here with your idea!   (If I choose your suggestion, I'll send you a surprise of some sort  -- probably fabric). xo! SewSara

Erica from Crafty blossom, cross my heart quilt...

Todays feature is of Erica of Crafty Blossom. Erica's blog is almost entirely quilting, sewing, crafting, fabric etc. She is full of cute projects and ideas. You will definitely want to be visiting her blog. She also has a cute etsy shop here. This story is really sweet, and Erica is really sweet to make this quilt....

This is my entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival 2010. This quilt, although very simple, is near and dear to my heart. Back in November, a loved one was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder,Langerhan's Histiocytosis. Swift medical attention was a must considering the severity of the disease.

 Unfortunately, my girlfriend is one of many uninsured Americans, making an extremely difficult situation all the worse. A fundraiser was organized to gather the necessary funds for treatment and a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

Among the many donations that came in, one anonymous donor stepped up and provided the remainder of the money needed for the medical testing and visit to the Mayo clinic. This warmed my heart so much and I thought a thank-you quilt was in order for this person. I suppose it's the least I could do. This quilt represents love, solidarity, faith, hope and positivity.

Thanks Erica, I hope your friend is well. Keep on crafting and sharing your projects with us.

Sue Spargo Robin Run the Hedge

Today's feature is of a super talented quilter/teacher/designer Sue Spargo. Sue used all sorts of mediums on her quilts, felts, scrap, beads, and embroidery. Her designs are fresh, new and very detailed. We are truly inspired by her work. She holds several workshops all over the country, and some out of the country. Sue is truly an inspired quilter and we are honored to feature her work here. Make sure to go check out her website and her blog.

Each year I do a BOM on through my website. It is very popular and is limited to 300 participants. The center of this quilt was the BOM from last year. I absolutely loved creating it. It was inspired by my visits to Italy and the wonderful birds that flew in and out of the hedgerows in the Tuscan hills.

It has 13 different birds on the vine which are all embellished with different ribbons.  The background is a combination of different hand dyed wools and the applique is fun cottons, hand dyed wool and velvet and taffeta silks.

 I am very fortunate as my sister Wendy does all the dyeing of my wools and velvets so I have a wonderful assortment of colors to pull from. Once I had finished the center I decided to make mine into a queen size quilt adding the large applique borders. I am very please with the finished quilt.

I wrote a book 'Robin Run the Hedge' in May and now you have the opportunity to make a wallhanging or bed quilt for your self. I have taught this quilt many times which can be viewed on my blog using different color combinations.

Sue will be posting her new BOM for 2011 this week. It will be called 'Imperial Blooms' - large flowers heavily embellished with stitching.  This will be very popular, so get signed up!

Thank you Sue, gorgeous work!