Sunday Stash - Cool Melon - Mosaic Contest Win

Back in late April, Rachel from Stitched in Color hosted a fabric mosaic contest called Cool Melon sponsored by Gotham Quilts.  When I heard the theme, my mind immediately went to all of the melon colors: the soft mint green of honeydew, the peachy orange of cantaloupe, and the ruby pinks of watermelon. 

Here was the pictorial bundle I pulled together for the contest...

I was so excited to find out that I was one of two winners! Thank you to everyone who voted on my bundle! Yesterday, my fat quarter bundle of fabric arrived in the mail and I am so excited to play with these fabrics.  You will hopefully see these in a finished article soon :)

Thank you again to Rachel from Stitched in Color and Gotham Quilts!  I'm linking up with Sunday Stash with Molli Sparkles.

Sunday Stash - August

I have decided to try to Sunday Stash reports on the last Sunday of each month to catalog my new fabric purchases and to keep me honest about how much fabric is really coming into my house each month.

In August, I had way to much fabric make its way to my house.  Some of it was due to new projects I am starting and some was due to some great sales (and I could not pass those up, right?).  

I picked up some color cards (Moda Bella and Michael Miller Cotton Couture) that will help me with picking colors for the Moda Bake Shop and some of the Modern Quilt Guild challenge quilts.

I received my 1/2 yard bundle pre-order of Hello Darling by Bonnie and Camille for Moda from Cotton Bliss.  I love all of Bonnie and Camille's collections, but this has to be one of my favorites.

Craftsy was having an awesome sale when I spied the fat quarter bundle of the 2013 New Summer colors I had to order it.  I had a charm pack of the colors which I used about a year and a half ago and have been searching for a bundle of the fabrics ever since.  It is such a great collection of colors.

Coats & Clark (which owns FreeSpirit, Rowan, and Westminster) is located just a few minutes from my house and they have a wonderful yearly sale.  This is the first time I went, but I will definitely be back next year.  I got a ton of Denyse Schmidt, Tula Pink, shot cottons, Joel Dewberry, Amy Butler, Parson Gray, Jennifer Paganelli, and Tanya Whelan.

I am hoping to have a much smaller report in September :)

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Stash Report - Lotta Jansdotter at JoAnn

When I saw a post over at Cedar Fork Stitches that Lotta Jansdotter had a collection in JoAnn Fabrics, I had to go and check it out.  The JoAnn Fabrics near my work did not have any in stock, but the JoAnn Fabrics near my home had most of the collection.  The fabric has a really great feel to it and the colors are very classic Lotta.  I bought 4 one-yard cuts and am excited to cut into them :)

Also, I am taking part in the Modern Quilt Guild's Riley Blake Challenge using Cottage Garden's collection by The Quilted Fish.  The challenge is to do something you have never done before so I think that I am going to try some sort of triangle quilt.  I needed some additional yardage past the fat eighths given to us and I also wanted some of the pink prints to use.  I was excited to find out that one of our local quilt shops had the whole collection so I was able to see the fabrics in person.  Here are fabrics for the quilt: 

I'm a day late but still linking up with Sunday Stash with Molli Sparkles.

Sunday Stash - March Edition

I have not had a Sunday Stash post in a while so I thought that I would show some of the fabrics that have shown up at my door in the last month or so.

1.  Liberty of London:  I have always wanted to try some Liberty of London lawn fabrics, I love their small scale floral patterns, but I have always shied away do to their crazy price.  A couple of weeks ago I entered Red Pepper Quilts' giveaway from Duckadilly and I actually won!  I have no plans on what I am going to do with the fabrics, but I have a bunch of ideas percolating.

2.  QuiltCon Purchases:  QuiltCon had such wonderful fabrics to buy, I tried to limit myself from buying too much fabric.  I wound up purchasing 4 one-yard cuts of some newpaper prints from Suzuko Koseki and one Echino print.

3.  Cotton & Steel:  My local quilt shop just got some Cotton & Steel prints in for the first time so to celebrate I purchased a few prints.

4.  Riley Blake Challenge:  As a member of the Modern Quilt Guild, I am taking part in the latest challenge which is to use the Cottage Garden line by the Quilted Fish in a quilted item making something you have never done before.  I am leaning towards something with triangles as I have never attempted them before.

Those are some of the fabrics that come into my house over the last few weeks, happy sewing everyone!

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Sunday Stash - November 30th

After a long absence of the postal worker bringing fabric goodness to my house, I have experienced an influx of new fabric.

I received a fat quarter bundle from the Bear Creek Quilting Company for a new quilt and tutorial I will be creating for Bear Creek in February.  My 4 year old daughter took one look at the bundle, exclaimed that she loved it, and then claimed it for her bed.  I am excited for the design and to start working on the quilt as the colors in the collection are wonderful.

I received a layer cake of the Mustang collection from Cotton & Steel from the Fat Quarter Shop to take part in one of their fun new quilt pattern and tutorials coming in January.

I also received some Daysail by Bonnie and Camille for Moda for a new Moda Bake Shop tutorial that will publish mid-January.

A trip to Joann's and 60% off coupon has brought me 16 more yards of Kona White to replenish my supply.

Now I have to start making all of these fabrics into quilts!  Have a wonderful Sunday.

I'm linking up with Sunday Stash with Molli Sparkles.